On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Stephane Charette <
[email protected]> wrote:

> In the past, I used to identify the type of device by reading the file
> /proc/device-tree/compatible.  For example, see this:
>
> > hexdump -C /proc/device-tree/compatible
> 00000000  74 69 2c 61 6d 33 33 35  78 2d 62 6f 6e 65 2d 67  |ti,
> am335x-bone-g|
> 00000010  72 65 65 6e 00 74 69 2c  61 6d 33 33 35 78 2d 62  |reen
> .ti,am335x-b|
> 00000020  6f 6e 65 2d 62 6c 61 63  6b 00 74 69 2c 61 6d 33
> |one-black.ti,am3|
> 00000030  33 35 78 2d 62 6f 6e 65  00 74 69 2c 61 6d 33 33
> |35x-bone.ti,am33|
> 00000040  78 78 00                                          |xx.
>    |
>
> Last night I upgraded to a new build.  I installed this one:
>
> https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-10-08/
> stretch-iot/BBB-blank-debian-9.2-iot-armhf-2017-10-08-4gb.img.xz
>
> Now I see that same model no longer identifies itself as a BBG.  it now
> thinks it is a BBB:
>
> > hexdump -C /proc/device-tree/compatible
> 00000000  74 69 2c 61 6d 33 33 35  78 2d 62 6f 6e 65 2d 62
> |ti,am335x-bone-b|
> 00000010  6c 61 63 6b 00 74 69 2c  61 6d 33 33 35 78 2d 62
> |lack.ti,am335x-b|
> 00000020  6f 6e 65 00 74 69 2c 61  6d 33 33 78 78 00
> |one.ti,am33xx.|
> 0000002e
>
>

I should also have mentioned:  I have not upgraded or installed new builds
since...early 2017?  This is my first time back working with my beaglebones
in probably 8 months.  So this change in behaviour may actually have been
quite a while ago.

Stéphane

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