I would be happy to help with this. Point me to an image I should use to get started and I'll have the physical up this evening.
My version of cross compiling is probably not what is used anymore, so I may need some help there as well. On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Charles Steinkuehler < [email protected]> wrote: > On 7/26/2017 11:06 AM, Robert Nelson wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Charles Steinkuehler > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 7/26/2017 10:12 AM, Robert Nelson wrote: > >>> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Daren Schwenke < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>>> I can confirm the both the BBG and BBGW will boot with this image > from an SD > >>>> card: > >>>> https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-02-12/ > machinekit/bone-debian-8.7-machinekit-armhf-2017-02-12-4gb.img.xz > >>>> > >>>> Getting wireless to actually work is a whole other ball game which I > have > >>>> yet to achieve, but at least the image boots now. > >>> > >>> Correct, that "3.8.x" based image will support the BBGW/BBBW but with > >>> wireless disabled. To enable wireless, sadly you will need a v4.4.x+ > >>> kernel. While we have a xenomai based v4.4.x build, it's based on > >>> Xenomai 3.0.x, and not the 2.6.x based Xenomai machinekit expects.. > >> > >> Machinekit can also run with the 4.x preempt_rt kernel on the 'bone, > >> but the PRU driver hasn't been updated for the re-arranged files in > >> /sysfs so it won't work "out of the box". > > > > What is it looking for in /sysfs? With the v4.4.x-rt we can enable the > > 3.8.13 compatible uio driver, then as long as config-pin is used, it > > should sync up with what it use to do with 3.8.13.. > > IIRC, several of the setup scripts are looking for the slots file to > verify/load an overlay, some code is looking for the ADC entries in > sysfs (which have moved IIRC), and the actual HAL driver for the PRU > may have a sysfs path or two hard-coded (I'd have to check). > > So nothing really that complex (particularly vs. updating to Xenomai > 3), but a 4.x kernel won't work without a few tweaks and maybe a bit > of coding. > > Anyone with a BBG/BBGW want to try getting things running with a 4.x > kernel? I can provide guidance and maybe do the bit of coding if > someone's willing to help with the shell scripts and do testing. > > Deemarc / Daren? > > -- > Charles Steinkuehler > [email protected] > > -- > website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: > https://github.com/machinekit > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Machinekit" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/machinekit/RrNLUo4ASP4/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
