On Fri, 21 Nov 2014, Ted Hyde wrote:

> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:27:13 -0500
> From: Ted Hyde <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>     <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] LCNC 2.6.4 (Release) - Replace Bundled Mesaflash
>     utility?
> 
> Peter -
> dmesg dump at: http://pastebin.com/2uZJV2Gi
>
> but the core is an inconsistent Module Descriptor
>

OK this is a bit file error, Can you re-flash the 7I90 with a standard bitfile 
and try again?


> What led me to believe Mesaflash was important is that when I had it
> installed, and prior a force removal, it would load just after the
> RTAI[math] section and give two lines of segmentation faults. Seemed
> logical at the time that perhaps it was trying to perform some form of
> lookup (like probe_parport). May have just been coincidental.
>
> Additionally, the sample files don't include a 'loadrt epp' reference,
> per the man pages - is this necessary?
>

Dont think so


> Thanks,
> Ted.
> On 11/21/2014 10:10 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 07:01:12 -0800 (PST)
>> From: "Peter C. Wallace"<[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] LCNC 2.6.4 (Release) - Replace Bundled
>>      Mesaflash utility?
>> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>>      <[email protected]>
>> Message-ID:<[email protected]>
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>> On Fri, 21 Nov 2014, Ted Hyde wrote:
>>
>>>> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 07:26:21 -0500
>>>> From: Ted Hyde<[email protected]>
>>>> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>>>>     <[email protected]>
>>>> To:[email protected]
>>>> Subject: [Emc-users] LCNC 2.6.4 (Release) - Replace Bundled Mesaflash 
>>>> utility?
>>>>
>>>> Greets -
>>>> I've been playing with the Wheezy/2.6.4 release on the Live ISO and
>>>> intended to move it over to an older 2.4 machine while upgrading
>>>> hardware in the process. (old system: Mesa 7i43)
>>>> The target machine will have a Mesa 7i90 via EPP. The included samples
>>>> do not run, unfortunately.
>>>> Peter assisted somewhat, in that there is a typo in the 7i90.ini file
>>>> where the board name needs to have a capital "I", but that only gets us
>>>> partway.
>> The typo I found was a capital 'I' in the BOARD= line
>> This seems to have been fixed in the latest ISO
>>
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>> The version of Mesaflash utility bundled with the install is 3.0.0-July
>>>> which has the '--list' option still available. When executed via script
>>>> or CLI,  it throws a Segmentation Fault.
>>>>
>>>> Downloading the "current" ver 3.0.0 that does NOT have the '--list'
>>>> option (time to change the version numbers, isn't it?) builds and
>>>> executes, and successfully finds the 7i90 board attached.
>>>>
>>>> Apt, however still believes the "old" version is current, so even
>>>> removing and force reloading the package won't update it. LCNC insists
>>>> on using the old version when it finds it, and balks when it was
>>>> force-removed. I saw an old thread on gmane about this, but it didn't
>>>> appear to get resolved.
>>>>
>>>> I realize this is a more generic Linux question overall to some extents,
>>>> but it's specific to the LCNC build:  it's not how does one make the
>>>> package, but WHERE should it be extracted to, made from and made to, so
>>>> that LCNC uses it?
>>>>
>>>> The loading of the hm2_7i90 driver appears to depend on running
>>>> mesaflash (according to dmesg), so there's no moving forward it seems
>>>> until I can resolve this.
>> The driver does not depend on mesaflash, and works for me with the included
>> hm2-servo/7i90.ini file (after I fixed the typo)
>>
>>
>> What exact error message do you get?
>>
>>
>
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