There's some work on the 3.14 kernel and against mainline. UIO should be in mainline. Have you been checking patches on http://github.com/beagleboard/linux ?
On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Víctor Mayoral Vilches < [email protected]> wrote: > Gustavo, > > AFAIK only certain kernel versions provide full cape (and kernel modules) > support. There're several kernel modules not supported in newer kernels > (e.g. remoteproc or the capemgr). > I'd consider the two mentioned above as fundamental (when speaking about > the BBB community). > > I've CC'ed Jason Kridner from BeagleBoard. Jason, are there any plans to > fully support modules such as the capemgr or remoteproc in newer kernel > versions? > Kind regards, > > *Víctor Mayoral Vilches* > CTO & Co-Founder > > > > *Erle Robotics* > erlerobotics.com | [email protected] > +34 616151561 > *skype*: v.mayoral > > > 2015-03-12 17:30 GMT+01:00 Gustavo Niemeyer < > [email protected]>: > >> Hi Victor, >> >> Nice, and thanks for jumping in. I imagined it would be slightly hard to >> fly a quadcopter without realtime. :-) >> >> Is there a reason why we cannot have those modules in the stock BBB >> kernel? Is there anything else that you depend on and we might consider >> integrating? >> >> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Víctor Mayoral Vilches < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Gustavo, >>> >>> We (Erle Robotics <http://erlerobotics.com>) make use of the PRUs with >>> Snappy. You just need a kernel that supports the modules you mention. Paolo >>> Pissati helped with that and we placed instruction on how to do that (v3.8) >>> here >>> <http://erlerobotics.gitbooks.io/erle-robotics-erle-brain-a-linux-brain-for-drones/content/en/software/snappy.html>. >>> Feel free to reach me anytime (vmayoral @ #snappy). >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> *Víctor Mayoral Vilches* >>> CTO & Co-Founder >>> >>> >>> >>> *Erle Robotics* >>> erlerobotics.com | [email protected] >>> +34 616151561 >>> *skype*: v.mayoral >>> >>> >>> 2015-03-12 16:36 GMT+01:00 Gustavo Niemeyer < >>> [email protected]>: >>> >>>> Hey Snappiers, >>>> >>>> Is anyone putting the PRUs (Programmable Realtime Units) on the TI's >>>> AM3358 to good use with Snappy? I assumed this was the case, given >>>> that we have a few projects that would clearly benefit from the >>>> realtime capabilities (robots, quadcopters, etc), but digging a bit it >>>> looks like the current BBB-specific images do not offer the necessary >>>> kernel support for that. Both the uio and the remoteproc drivers seem >>>> to be missing (although I'm not sure the remoteproc driver would do >>>> much good, given how incipient it is). >>>> >>>> Has anyone played with that yet? >>>> >>>> >>>> gustavo @ http://niemeyer.net >>>> >>>> -- >>>> snappy-devel mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snappy-devel >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> gustavo @ http://niemeyer.net >> > >
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