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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: 2.6.29-ts kernel source available
From: "bulkoboy11" <>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:00:50 -0000
I've been using "512mbsd-7400-linux2629-lenny-eabi.dd" on the ts7300 for 
months. It has a 2.6.29 kernel and supports the SD card.
The only thing I need is the open-eth driver, which has appeared in 2.6.31 and 
I'm thinking of backporting it.

Ian T.



--- In  "odonovan_dan" <> wrote:
>
> --- In  Jason Stahls <jason@> wrote:
> >
> > Börje Granberg wrote:
> > > mike ingle wrote:
> > > > Any idea what to expect when trying to use it with a ts7300,
> > > > assuming that one is not using any ts ip in the fpga?
> > >
> > > I can't remember if anyone has worked on the 7300 with 2.6 or not, but
> > > look back in the archives you might find something. Generally if
> > > you're not worried about supporting the TS FPGA load then there really
> > > aren't any reasons why a vanilla kernel won't work.
> > >
> > > Is the SD card driver included in this kernel?
> > >
> > > //Börje
> >
> > 1)  Your email client is doing some seriously funky things to messages
> > you send, could you please send your messages in text only
> >
> > 2)  No, SD functionality would be a part of the IP in the TS FPGA load
> > which is not supported by a vanilla kernel.
> >
> > --
> > Jason Stahls
> >
>
> For the reason Jason mentioned above, I don't think the kernel source to 
> rebuild the SD card driver is included.
>
> However, the initrd partition in this image (see link below) does include a 
> pre-built SD Card driver as a kernel module, which does work with this kernel.
>
> ftp://ftp.embeddedarm.com/ts-arm-sbc/ts-7400-linux/binaries/ts-images/512mbsd-7400-linux2629-lenny-eabi.dd.bz2
>
> My TS7400 is now running the above image, including the debian distro, from 
> the SD card.
>
> I followed the instructions in these posts to get it to work (many thanks to 
> Petr Ledvina for posting these):
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/message/15914
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/message/15933
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/message/15934
>




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