| 11:04 | topi` | it's rather unfortunate that the HB wifi doesn't run with the debian-supplied firmware-brcm80211 package :/ |
| 11:05 | topi` | it needs some obscure brcmfmac4330-sdio.txt file to work. |
| 11:05 | topi` | which I needed to fish from somewhere. |
| 11:08 | topi` | fsck, my losetup offsets went wrong and a msdos partition turned up garbage :/ |
| 11:08 | topi` | damn, why is it so hard to partition a (virtual)disk? |
| 11:09 | topi` | oh, no partitioning at *all* in my image |
| 13:27 | Artox | topi`: the files is not hard |
| 13:31 | jnettlet | topi`, the reason those files aren't included in debian firmware file is that the file is device specific. As in machine by machine |
| 13:32 | bencoh | I sent a patch to OE regarding that, I dont think it has been included yet (they have a metapackage for this specific issue) |
| 13:33 | bencoh | so I wouldnt even dream about debian handling it properly for now :p |
| 13:33 | Artox | topi`: I got the files here: https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/home:mayerjosua:cubox-i:13.1/i.MX6-Adaptations/brcmfmac4329-sdio.txt?expand=1 |
| 13:33 | Artox | https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/home:mayerjosua:cubox-i:13.1/i.MX6-Adaptations/brcmfmac4329-sdio.txt?expand=1 |
| 13:34 | Artox | I think I got them from rabeeh |
| 13:35 | bencoh | hm looks like I had an answer from dv |
| 13:35 | jnettlet | bencoh, the OE maintainer contacted me about it. The file you proposed was partially incorrect. they took my patches but I don't know where it is now |
| 13:35 | dv^laptop | bencoh: ? |
| 13:36 | bencoh | dv^laptop: regarding MACHINE_FIRMWARE_append_mx6 = " linux-firmware-ath6k", apparently some cubox/HB boards need it, it's not related to brcm |
| 13:36 | jnettlet | Artox, you .txt for the 4330 is wrong |
| 13:36 | jnettlet | you need to set ccode=ALL |
| 13:37 | bencoh | dv^laptop: and for ccode=CN vs ccode=ALL ... well, okay :) |
| 13:37 | Artox | jnettlet: could I not use ccode=DE? |
| 13:37 | jnettlet | Artox, no |
| 13:37 | dv^laptop | oh |
| 13:37 | dv^laptop | okay |
| 13:37 | bencoh | jnettlet: which board needs ath6k ? |
| 13:38 | Artox | is there any reasonm to have CN or ALL and not DE? |
| 13:38 | jnettlet | this is for the initial scanning. The driver will then adjust to the proper country code. |
| 13:38 | Artox | ah |
| 13:38 | bencoh | hm, how will it guess the proper country code ? |
| 13:38 | jnettlet | there is a mechanism for it |
| 13:38 | jnettlet | it is all part of 802.11 |
| 13:39 | bencoh | sounds like magic, but okay |
| 13:39 | Artox | country-specific noise? :) |
| 13:39 | jnettlet | but if you set it to CN, or DE then you can exclude channels that might be used other parts of the world |
| 13:39 | jnettlet | it is all about which frequencies are licensed to use |
| 13:40 | jnettlet | bencoh, not magic. There are just a long workflow for it to determine it. |
| 13:40 | Artox | I should probably create a package containing those .txt |
| 13:40 | bencoh | based on surronding stations ? |
| 13:40 | bencoh | surrounding* |
| 13:41 | jnettlet | the timezone of the local machine, surrounding APs etc etc |
| 13:41 | jnettlet | you can also manually set it with iwconfig |
| 13:41 | jnettlet | or just iw now |
| 13:42 | jnettlet | so it isn't magic, just too long to cover over IRC |
| 13:43 | bencoh | oh btw, iwconfig cant create/"remove"/create an ibss without reloading the kernel module, while it works well with iw .. I dunno if it's expected behavior, or a wontfix (iwconfig is prolly just there for legacy) |
| 13:44 | bencoh | that's with 3.14.14 |
| 13:44 | bencoh | (linux-linaro-lsk-v3.14-mx6 4a2f77e014b8cdd10af1aac0db40f582be027f51) |
| 13:45 | jnettlet | yeah iwconfig is pretty deprecated at this point |
| 13:45 | Artox | is the firmware (excluding the .txt) already included in a debian package? |
| 13:46 | Artox | I checked firmware-brcm80211 and it does not have a name I reccognize |
| 13:46 | Artox | or is the firmware in that package generic |
| 13:48 | sopparus | sigh |
| 13:48 | sopparus | is there any way to put stuff on micro sd card directly from the cubox |
| 13:48 | sopparus | via usb or something |
| 13:48 | sopparus | i dont have a sd card writer |
| 13:48 | Artox | usb microsd reader :) |
| 13:48 | Artox | also, I suppose one could boot a system into RAM |
| 13:48 | Artox | and then remove sdcard |
| 13:48 | Artox | and put in another |
| 13:49 | Artox | who will create such a mini-distro of e.g. DSL? |
| 13:49 | sopparus | there is no boot from tftp? |
| 13:49 | Artox | hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm |
| 13:49 | Artox | in theory there is |
| 13:50 | Artox | u-boot should be able to do it |
| 13:50 | Artox | but I do not know about the current status of u-boot and the support of imx6 ethernet |
| 13:51 | sopparus | btw |
| 13:51 | sopparus | I have a SDHC Card Slot |
| 13:51 | sopparus | on my zenbook |
| 13:51 | Artox | well |
| 13:51 | sopparus | can it also do micro? |
| 13:51 | Artox | if you got an adapter -> yes |
| 13:51 | sopparus | seems to big |
| 13:51 | sopparus | do not |
| 13:52 | Artox | I can send you an adapter by mail for free, I got too many anyway :) |
| 13:52 | sopparus | really? |
| 13:52 | sopparus | where do you live? |
| 13:52 | Artox | germany |
| 13:52 | Artox | I got like 4 of them |
| 13:52 | Artox | and I only need 0 |
| 13:52 | sopparus | im in sweden |
| 13:52 | sopparus | if you're ok with that sure |
| 13:53 | Artox | other than that, those things often come with microsdcards |
| 13:54 | jnettlet | The CBi/HB needs an SDHC card to boot |
| 13:57 | jnettlet | booting from tftp over ethernet works fine on the CBi/HB that is how I do all my kernel development. However you still need an SDHC that has u-boot loaded on it |
| 13:57 | sopparus | ok |
| 13:57 | sopparus | typical |
| 13:58 | jnettlet | we adapted this system solely to mess with Swedes |
| 13:58 | jnettlet | :) |
| 13:58 | jnettlet | actually it makes the CBi/HB pretty much unbrickable |
| 13:59 | jnettlet | obviously plugging in an incorrect power adapter will still fry it |
| 13:59 | sopparus | it was i mistake to not ordering with micro sd card |
| 14:00 | sopparus | totally missed that |
| 14:00 | sopparus | now I got one but no writer I noticed.. :D |
| 14:25 | jnettlet | sopparus, do you have a rooted Android phone with a microsdhc slot? |
| 14:25 | sopparus | no :( |
| 14:26 | sopparus | but Artox was very kind to send me one |
| 14:26 | sopparus | i'll have it in a few days |
| 14:26 | jnettlet | and in return he will only demand a small part of your soul |
| 14:26 | jnettlet | a completely fair trade |
| 14:36 | sopparus | yep ;) |
| 14:45 | topi` | how can I find out if it's the BCM4229 or BCM4230 that I have on my Hummingboard? |
| 14:47 | rabeeh_ | bcm4330 |
| 14:48 | topi` | ok |
| 14:49 | topi` | I'm going to prepare a "custom" debian package that contains the extra *.txt files needed to get the 4330 to life |
| 14:49 | topi` | this is just so that I can start building proprietary disk images from a repository that resides in our company servers |
| 14:50 | topi` | the X server is another difficult beast. I need to prepare a custom xorg.conf that just defines a Driver that uses fbdev... |
| 14:51 | topi` | our other option is to ditch X and use Directfb instead... it's possible to compile GTK apps to use direcfb instad of |
| 14:54 | bencoh | is it maintained and in a proper working state ? |
| 14:55 | bencoh | gtk-dfb looks like an devel project to me |
| 14:55 | bencoh | a* |
| 19:06 | Artox | [14:55] gtk-dfb looks like an devel project to me |
| 19:06 | Artox | yes |
| 19:06 | Artox | but its sort of usable |
| 19:11 | Artox | [14:49] I'm going to prepare a "custom" debian package that contains the extra *.txt files needed to get the 4330 to life |
| 19:11 | Artox | I'd be interested in a copy |
| 19:11 | Artox | maybe you can put it a public place (source package aka debian.tar.gz) |