| 08:15 | rabeeh__ | http://blog.ecservices.de/2014/11/03/project-ignition/ |
| 10:04 | Exaga | rabeeh__: i need to learn german :D |
| 10:06 | jnettlet | Exaga, don't pander to them. They are only 13% of the European population. If they want a bigger target market they should write it in English |
| 11:13 | topi` | if I go with mainline kernel (3.17) instead of the i.MX6-patched 3.14, what drivers am I going to miss? |
| 11:14 | topi` | probably hw video decoding at least |
| 12:56 | topi` | running "make" on the 3.14 imx6 tree yields a file "Image" in arch/arm/boot ... what kind of image is this one? there used to be an uImage |
| 12:56 | topi` | that you could just copy to /boot |
| 13:01 | Artox | topi`: actually wou will want a zImage |
| 13:01 | Artox | the command I usually run is this: make zImage dtbs modules |
| 13:02 | topi` | Artox: I thought uBoot requires the uImage which contains the headers for uboot |
| 13:02 | Artox | with 3.14 kernel you use zImage and devicetree |
| 13:02 | Artox | so you need zImage and the right .dtb's |
| 13:02 | Artox | uboot can guess things too |
| 13:02 | Artox | like detecting file end |
| 13:02 | topi` | ok |
| 13:03 | topi` | so, zImage just goes to /boot ? |
| 13:03 | topi` | is there a HOWTO on this that is up to date? |
| 13:03 | Artox | I dont think so |
| 13:06 | topi` | have you tried the mainline kernel? what features will be missing? (Video decode probably) |
| 15:01 | topi` | what do I do with the .dtb files? should I just place them in /boot ? |
| 15:01 | topi` | the "Building the kernel" guide on cubox wiki pages does not talk about that at all |
| 15:11 | joelbaby | topi` they go into boot along with zImage |
| 15:11 | joelbaby | and uEnv.txt |
| 15:11 | topi` | I put it there, but now I get this: |
| 15:11 | topi` | ** Unable to read file /imx6q-hummingboard.dtb ** |
| 15:11 | topi` | WARN: Cannot load the DTB and boot file is type zImage |
| 15:11 | topi` | (that path doesn't seem right, shouldn't it be /boot/imx6q... |
| 15:11 | jnettlet | topi`, that is fine. it first looks in / of the first partition and then tries /boot |
| 15:12 | topi` | the first partition is the boot partition (it's a VFAT) |
| 15:14 | topi` | ok the filenames don't match |
| 15:14 | topi` | -rw-r--r-- 1 topi topi 33568 Nov 4 14:07 imx6q-cubox-i.dtb |
| 15:14 | topi` | -rw-r--r-- 1 topi topi 355 Nov 4 14:07 imx6q-cubox-i.dts |
| 15:14 | topi` | I have THESE on my /boot ... should I rename them? |
| 15:14 | topi` | and why is there two of them :) |
| 15:14 | jnettlet | because you copied too much |
| 15:14 | topi` | so I only need the .dtb? |
| 15:14 | jnettlet | you don't want the .dts files |
| 15:15 | topi` | we need a Wiki entry that tells the newbies that we don't need them... |
| 15:15 | jnettlet | and you need the hummingboard files |
| 15:15 | topi` | not cubox? |
| 15:16 | jnettlet | do you have a cubox or hummingboard? |
| 15:16 | topi` | a humming |
| 15:16 | topi` | so they have different device layouts? |
| 15:16 | jnettlet | It is all explained here. http://www.solid-run.com/wiki/index.php?title=Building_the_kernel_and_u-boot_for_the_CuBox-i_and_the_HummingBoard |
| 15:16 | topi` | I located the *humming* dtb and copied it to boot, let me try again |
| 15:16 | joelbaby | i think the files it needs are already stated on this page:http://www.solid-run.com/wiki/Building_the_kernel_and_u-boot_for_the_CuBox-i_and_the_HummingBoard |
| 15:17 | topi` | I have exactly that wiki page open |
| 15:17 | topi` | I've read it several times, but nowhere does it say what to DO with those .dtb files... |
| 15:17 | topi` | sorry guys |
| 15:17 | topi` | maybe I'm blind... |
| 15:17 | joelbaby | and scroll to where it says "The generated files are -" |
| 15:19 | topi` | yeah. well, it didn't tell where they should go |
| 15:19 | topi` | the file names seemed way too long for a FAT file system... |
| 15:20 | topi` | damn, I get nothing on HDMI, and no serial console either... I guess for the serial I need to specify console=ttymcx0 in the uenv.txt |
| 15:20 | topi` | ah, framebuffer works, my stupid display just had gone into some hibernate |
| 15:21 | topi` | X11 doesn't start anymore :) |
| 15:21 | topi` | (I'm using that old debian/jessie image from january...) |
| 15:21 | jnettlet | this is with the 3.14.14 kernel? |
| 15:22 | jnettlet | you need to make sure that you have the latest non-beta gpu drivers |
| 15:22 | topi` | yeah maybe the DRM conflicts with the newer kernel |
| 15:29 | topi` | this 3.14 kernel feels a lot more responsive and doesn't suffer from odd lockups |
| 15:29 | topi` | thanks guys, great work! |
| 15:32 | topi` | hm, there's a kernel task called "Vivante Kernel" ... sounds dangerous. I hope it doesn't want to crash my kernel. |
| 15:35 | jnettlet | your welcome |
| 15:55 | topi` | next steps, gstreamer... I already installed gstreamer-1.0 and plugins, how do I get the i.mx6 specific back end? |
| 15:56 | topi` | found the Tiny Devices blog, let's see |
| 16:14 | topi` | where do I get libfslvpuwrap ? |
| 16:15 | iii | hey guys |
| 16:15 | iii | a few questions, is the cubox i2 overclockable ? |
| 16:23 | topi` | iii: I haven't tried. but I hear the i.MX6 solo can be clocked up to 1.2 ghz |
| 16:25 | iii | oh. |
| 16:26 | iii | For using with XBMC, what diff. in speed should I expect from the i2 vs i2ex ? Especially the use of plugins (I'm not talking about video, which is accelerated anyhow). |
| 16:33 | topi` | dunno, if you have good altivec-accelerated plugins, then it's probably the same |
| 16:33 | topi` | since you're going to hit the memory bus bandwidth limits anyway |
| 16:48 | crazystick | I've been working on getting i2c working on the Hummingboard i2eX under Arch. I found this forum post which described the things that needed adding to the dtsi files. I patched it and rebuilt the dtb files, and it is working. |
| 16:49 | crazystick | My question is how does this get into the SR kernel on github? |
| 16:52 | crazystick | Oh, the forum post is here: http://www.solid-run.com/community/topic1571.html |
| 16:52 | crazystick | last post has the working i2c bits |
| 18:09 | iii | you mean I won't be hitting the memory bandwitdh limit on either boards.. |
| 18:09 | iii | which plugins use altivec ? |
| 18:15 | iii | also, wouldn't it benfit from the extra memory ? |
| 18:58 | Exaga | jnettlet: Du Hast ya 'ne Macke :> |
| 19:14 | jnettlet | Exaga, nein |