Dear Technologic Systems,
The latest linux kernel that came out on Sept 20th, 2006 has several
new features merged in that sound like they would greatly benefit
users of your TS-7300's (and I have one).
I'm wondering when Technologic Systems will release a new
2.6.18-kernel-based Debian pre-installed image I can dd to my SD card,
so I can easily take advantage of these new kernel features.
Shouldn't the TS-7300 go considerably faster once Maverickcrunch gets
more thoroughly used by the kernel?
Or, can you please post straightforward instructions explaining how I
can upgrade my kernel on my existing install to 2.6.18. I already
know how to hand-compile a kernel from scratch, I've done it dozens of
times on i386's. I need some extra help wrt a TS-7300 due to it's
"funky" boot process.
The info I would need is:
-any patch file needed (to apply against the stock kernel to help the
SD card boot)
-a .config file (containing all kernel options used, which I see is
regrettably missing from it's usual location in /boot in the currently
provided Debian image distributed by Technologic Systems),
-the make commands that will compile and install the kernel (and an
alternative command to use if cross comiling on an i386 would be nice)
-the command to build the initrd
-the dd commands to install the kernel image and initrd into the
special partitions on the SD card.
To learn more about the new features for the cirrus ep93xx in linux
kernel 2.6.18 please see:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2006/07/msg00037.html
...where Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
"I've slowly been rewriting the Cirrus ep93xx kernel port and feeding
it into 2.6. Merged upstream right now we have support for the base
CPU, GPIOs, on-chip watchdog, UARTs, RTC, USB, and Crunch. See:
http://ep93xx.giantshoulderinc.com:8001/wiki/wiki/KernelStatus
The TS-72xx boards are supported in 2.6 (I have a TS-7250 myself), but
the TS-7300 isn't, which is mostly just because noone ever bothered.
It shouldn't be too much work to have it supported. One caveat (IIRC)
is that the TS-7300 needs a bit of binary only code linked to the
kernel image to support the SD card slot, and this probably will only
work with the 2.4.x kernel that the vendor supports. (Or someone
would have to reverse engineer how the communication with the SD card
works.)"
Thanks in advance,
Dustin Harriman
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