JackOfAll wrote: > Out of the people who have a QUAD board, is anyone else using it it > headless and with ethernet networking? Which is a roundabout way of me > asking, if I were to release a kernel image based on main-line kernel > development source, ie. 3.11, (rather than the Freescale 3.0.35 tree), > which currently lacks support for video, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, is there > anyone with a QUAD other than me who would be able to run it? > > Going forward, my gut feeling is that the Broadcom driver support for > Wi-Fi/Bluetooth is going to be there, (in 3.11), very soon, (days/weeks > ????), and while video support might not make the 3.11 development > cycle, from what I can figure it looks like it will be there by > 3.12..... > > I have a couple of reasons for wanting to push towards a main-line > kernel, rather than hold back on the Freescale 3.0.35 sources, not least > that it makes it easy to move on to a Fedora 19 based image, the device > tree support and support for John's DAC daughter board also figures into > this as well. > > I think what I'm going to do, is to stick with a stable image, which is > the current R6 image, based on kernel 3.0.35 and Fedora 18, and release > a development/unstable image based on kernel 3.11 and Fedora 19. At the > moment the dev image would be limited to QUAD users, running headless > with wired networking, but as things get fixed, (USB is currently hosed, > kernel 3.11 with the DUAL), and added, (Wi-Fi and video support), others > can run it. From my point of view, thinking about repo and updates, that > will keep it clean and cause me less time and hassle. So that's the > plan...... > > EDIT: Just to be clear, the 3.11 kernel and F19 image that I'm using > with the QUAD right now, supports Wandboard SDCARD, SATA, USB, ethernet, > sound (sgtl5000 and I think SPDIF, but I've not tested that). It does > *not* have support for video output (HDMI), wireless networking or > Bluetooth. The Anatop thermal monitoring is working. The cpu governor > (frequency) support is there and working.
I run it headless also. I have both wi-fi and ethernet. I can run it on cat5 ethernet if this helps your development project. HTH John John Marshall SqueezeCenter 7.3.4 running on a DIY PC, Windows 7 64 bit o.s., with Inguz Audio EQ/DRC. (1) Transporter, (4) Booms & (2) CSOS SqueezeliteWands connected through a Linksys WRT54gs router and Linksys WAP54g access point. Using an iPad with both SqueezePad & iPeng for controllers. Transporter => Rotel RC1070 preamp => Rotel RB1080 2 channel amp => Bowers & Wilkins 805 Speakers. Headphone setup: Transporter => Woo Audio WA22 balanced headphone amp => Sennheiser HD800 headphones. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Squeezed_Rotel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30002 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
