On 4/29/2013 1:18 AM, Michael Haberler wrote: > as these things go.. I've learned hours after announcing the starterkit that: > > 1. this image will *not* boot on the Beaglebone Black > 2. the 3.2.21/2.6 Xenomai patch used in the starterkit kernel does have a > serious issue > > ad 1): Kent was the first to try and confirmed the BBB does NOT boot this > image; however, it doesnt boot the BBW Angstrom card supplied with the BBW > either, so we're in good company and I am pretty sure this is a trivial issue > to resolve once I can get my hands on a BBB. > > ad 2) Gilles Chanteperdrix of the Xenomai project just informed me there is a > potential memory corruption issue with mlock() in the Xenomai 2.6 patch for > 3.2.21. While I have not seen fatal crashes of the starterkit configuration > myself, or seen any reports, it would be unwise to ignore the issue. This > issue will be resolved once the Xenomai patch for the 3.8 kernels is out and > stable, which I think should be a low single-digit number of weeks. > > executive summary: > > - do not waste time trying to run the starterkit image on the BBB yet until I > have a replacement known to work on the BBB > - dont use the BBW/starterkit config for something critical _yet_. It is good > enough for exploring configurations and performance though - on the BBW. > > sorry to be the party pooper, > > - Michael >
No problem! I don't even have any BBB boards yet. Michael, can you get your hands on a BBB? I don't know how they are distributing these boards. I will have an extra one in a week or so if they come through on their delivery. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
