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Zaurus - Arch Linux ARM support / Linux Kernel 4.9-rc3

« on: November 03, 2016, 01:34:03 pm »

Please test the kernel 4.9-rc3-v0.2 release : https://github.com/greguu/linux-4.9-rc3-c3x...x00-v0.2.tar.xz

Have been testing now for a few days and did some cross compilation. I'm thinking of setting up a repository with all the packages, but I'm not sure if anyone else has any interest in the software I've added. So far no issues detected!

- USB power now 180mA (I do not know if that makes your RealTek USB WiFi work. My ASUS N10 Nano requires a powered USB hub.)

Unfortunately it didn't. I bought a Edimax nano USB adapter which supposedly has a very low draw, but the same happened. lsusb -v shows me a max powerdraw of 500 mA, so that's probably overkill. The CF cards you mentioned are very expensive, guess I have to consider those. My Planex card is horrible since it needs FW loading each time upon inserting.

- Changed PCMCIA soc_common.c driver back to 4.6.7 version as newly added regulator support may be the cause. Tested fine. Please test, too.

Works now!

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Zaurus - Arch Linux ARM support / Linux Kernel 4.9-rc3

« on: October 31, 2016, 02:25:04 pm »

After having my Zaurus dust away for years I refound this forum again - totally stoked to see there's still ongoing community development! Thanks to all you guys, I hope to give something back myself these coming months. I was thinking of writing some blog posts or so

So far no issues running your updated kernel, apart from the following maybe not specific to your kernel:

- My CF port seems to work when I have a device in the port at boot, but otherwise it doesn't register anything (no kernel logging at least). Any clue as to why? Am I failing to load some kernel module?
Edit: For some reason nothing gets logged, but the device does register events. Compiled pcmciautils (seems not to be part of the standard kernel anymore) which allowed me to "insert" my wireless CF card.
- Kexecboot first searches all devices for kernels / boot.cfgs. This takes about 2 minutes, and slows down the booting significantly. Is there a way to just specify that it should boot from the first HD partitions rather than checking everything?
- Upon inserting my wireless USB dongle I get the following warning: usb 1-2: rejected 1 configuration due to insufficient available bus power. I overrode the safety mechanism: /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb1-2/bConfigurationValue which puts the interface up, but it seems to go down when trying to scan for networks. Any idea? Dongle is a Realtek RTL8192CU. Is the Zaurus just not powerful enough?
- Haven't looked into the keymap yet to see what's wrong, but I noticed that capital c "C" doesn't work.
Edit: Actually a lot of keys seems to be mapped wrong. I will try to fix this and provide an updated keymap.

Any Wifi dongle / CF card that you can recommend? I have an old Planex GW-CF11X which makes my zaurus kernel panic and requires loading firmware each time I want to use it.. I'm also considering doing the harddrive upgrade!

Warm greetings!

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Zaurus - Arch Linux ARM support / Linux Kernel 4.4.0

« on: October 31, 2016, 12:07:15 pm »

Tried booting up with SD card....

Kexecboot does not list it at the selection screen....

Selected System Tools and then Debug Info....

See the following regarding the SD card:

Code: [Select]

Found device '/dev/mmcblk0' (179, 0) of size 970Mb
+ creating device node
+ can't identify FS type
Hmmm........I formatted card as EXT4.....

I checked card to see that all the directories were there......

Maybe bad card?

Please scroll down a bit in the debug log, as it should contain information regarding the first partition I think (/dev/mmcblk0p1)..