On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 5:02 PM, Tony Anderson <tony_ander...@usa.net> wrote: > Hi, Peter > > Sorry, must be age creeping up. I certainly thought I had read the email. > > Yet as I read your text the phrases: 'could actually run', 'would just > need', and 'might work OOTB' suggests the need for some testing. > > Generally, the best place to start fixing is to locate the problem as > exactly as possible.
Yes, but that needs time, and that I don't have as stated in the thread previously. So was giving general direction for those that might have the time/interest/ability. > Tony > > > On 09/18/2017 01:04 PM, Peter Robinson wrote: >> >> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Tony Anderson <tony_ander...@usa.net> >> wrote: >>> >>> Has anyone tested a current fedora release on an XO model? It would seem >>> reasonable to install Fedora with the gnome desktop independent of Sugar >>> as >>> a starting point. >> >> Why don't you actually read the thread you're replying to. Userspace >> will be fine, needs kernel work as they need a newer kernel. >> >> The ARM XOs could actually as of Fedora 26 run with a completely open >> userspace with the entaviv kernel if someone does the work for those >> devices to boot on a current kernel. In theory the XO 1.75 would just >> need a devicetree plus driver upstreaming. The 1.5 might work OOTB but >> there are some drivers that were never upstreamed. >> >> Peter >> >>> Tony >>> >>> On 09/17/2017 05:00 PM, devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: >>>> >>>> Send Devel mailing list submissions to >>>> devel@lists.laptop.org >>>> >>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >>>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>>> devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org >>>> >>>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>>> devel-ow...@lists.laptop.org >>>> >>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>>> than "Re: Contents of Devel digest..." >>>> >>>> >>>> Today's Topics: >>>> >>>> 1. Porting XO laptops to newer Linux kernels (Samuel Greenfeld) >>>> 2. Re: Porting XO laptops to newer Linux kernels (Peter Robinson) >>>> 3. Re: Porting XO laptops to newer Linux kernels >>>> (Arne Babenhauserheide) >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> Message: 1 >>>> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 23:28:14 -0400 >>>> From: Samuel Greenfeld <sam...@greenfeld.org> >>>> To: OLPC Devel <devel@lists.laptop.org> >>>> Subject: Porting XO laptops to newer Linux kernels >>>> Message-ID: >>>> >>>> <ca+caqjpkzng8rhjhzbnezadni2fhwnbohjr5gf9kjw3xkdz...@mail.gmail.com> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>>> >>>> It has been a few years (Fedora 18) since the original XO Laptop series >>>> has >>>> had any sort of major Operating System update. >>>> >>>> In order to support newer versions of Systemd, features found in newer >>>> versions of the Linux kernel are required. And from limited exploratory >>>> work done years ago, the XO-1 mesh networking & XO-1.5 Camera drivers >>>> may >>>> need fixing even though they are in upstream kernels. >>>> >>>> Are there any low-level kernel developers out there interested in >>>> porting >>>> XO laptops (both x86 & ARM) to a Linux 4.x kernel or a later 3.x kernel >>>> so >>>> they can be used with newer Linux distributions? Or should we presume >>>> that >>>> all public XO laptop development (apart from minor patching) is >>>> officially >>>> dead at this point? >>>> >>>> I presume hardware can be made available provided someone has the >>>> interest. >>>> >>>> --- >>>> SJG >>>> -------------- next part -------------- >>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>>> URL: >>>> >>>> <http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/attachments/20170916/6203a1b6/attachment-0001.html> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> Message: 2 >>>> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 11:14:00 +0100 >>>> From: Peter Robinson <pbrobin...@gmail.com> >>>> To: Samuel Greenfeld <sam...@greenfeld.org> >>>> Cc: OLPC Devel <devel@lists.laptop.org> >>>> Subject: Re: Porting XO laptops to newer Linux kernels >>>> Message-ID: >>>> >>>> <CALeDE9NdU9ib8mz5SmLPC8uUec-ydekkjrEj=g5obb2cafb...@mail.gmail.com> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >>>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 4:28 AM, Samuel Greenfeld <sam...@greenfeld.org> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> It has been a few years (Fedora 18) since the original XO Laptop series >>>>> has >>>>> had any sort of major Operating System update. >>>>> >>>>> In order to support newer versions of Systemd, features found in newer >>>>> versions of the Linux kernel are required. And from limited >>>>> exploratory >>>>> work done years ago, the XO-1 mesh networking & XO-1.5 Camera drivers >>>>> may >>>>> need fixing even though they are in upstream kernels. >>>>> >>>>> Are there any low-level kernel developers out there interested in >>>>> porting >>>>> XO >>>>> laptops (both x86 & ARM) to a Linux 4.x kernel or a later 3.x kernel so >>>>> they >>>>> can be used with newer Linux distributions? Or should we presume that >>>>> all >>>>> public XO laptop development (apart from minor patching) is officially >>>>> dead >>>>> at this point? >>>>> >>>>> I presume hardware can be made available provided someone has the >>>>> interest. >>>> >>>> I would love to see someone get it all upstream so we could just >>>> support them in vanilla Fedora. I can send HW but unfortunately I >>>> don't have much time (or ability) to get these bits upstream. >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> Message: 3 >>>> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 14:45:59 +0200 >>>> From: Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_...@web.de> >>>> To: Samuel Greenfeld <sam...@greenfeld.org> >>>> Cc: OLPC Devel <devel@lists.laptop.org> >>>> Subject: Re: Porting XO laptops to newer Linux kernels >>>> Message-ID: <87vakheb3l....@web.de> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>>> >>>> >>>> Samuel Greenfeld <sam...@greenfeld.org> writes: >>>> >>>>> Are there any low-level kernel developers out there interested in >>>>> porting >>>>> XO laptops (both x86 & ARM) to a Linux 4.x kernel or a later 3.x kernel >>>>> so >>>>> they can be used with newer Linux distributions? Or should we presume >>>>> that >>>>> all public XO laptop development (apart from minor patching) is >>>>> officially >>>>> dead at this point? >>>> >>>> I am still running an XO-1 with Gentoo (the gentooxo website sadly died, >>>> but I still use what it provided), but I did not get the newer kernels >>>> to run, so I’m currently missing out on many features (including sound). >>>> >>>> I’d be willing to try again if I could prod someones brain when I hit >>>> roadblocks. I’m not experienced in low-level kernel development, but >>>> depending on the problems, perspiration might be able to supplant some >>>> missing experience :-) >>>> >>>> Best wishes, >>>> Arne >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Devel mailing list >>> Devel@lists.laptop.org >>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >> >> . >> > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
