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BeagleBone Black Ships With New Linux 3.8 Kernel
DeviceGuru writes "BeagleBoard.org has begun shipping its faster, cheaper BeagleBone Black SBC with a new Linux 3.8 kernel, supporting Device Tree technology for more streamlined ARM development. The $45 BeagleBone Black runs Linux or Android on a 1GHz TI Sitara AM3359 SOC, doubles the RAM to 512MB of its predecessor, and adds a micro-HDMI port. The updated kernel gives the BeagleBone Black access to a new Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) display driver architecture, as well as full support for the Device Tree data structure introduced to streamline ARM development in Linux 3.7. The project was hesitant to move up to such a recent kernel, but decided it was time to bite the bullet and support the Device Tree. By doing the hard work of switching to Device Tree now, BeagleBoard.org and its developer community can save a lot of configuration and maintenance headaches down the line, says BeagleBoard.org co-founder Jason Kridner. Fortunately, a modified 3.2 kernel 'coming soon' should provide the necessary bridge from the old cape driver architecture to the new one."
Shame about that PowerVR GPU, I don't see it ever actually being able to take advantage of the newer display architecture. I do like the move towards Device Tree. If it gains traction it might actually be possible to treat ARM boards more like x86 boards, rather than needing the board-specific kernels we have to deal with now.
You know that the content industry has got its hooks sunk in too far when even the linux kernel starts shipping with DRM~~~
MINIX3 support coming soon, I hope! Minix is booting on the BeagleBoard-xM, so supporting the BeagleBone Black should not be too much of an issue.
Spoon not. Fork, or fork not. There is no spoon.
Every time I see news about this, I keep thinking it says Beagle Bros. I miss their great software and funny documentation.
I suppose that posting replies on random threads is better than not reading TFA / summary.
We're making progress? No?
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
I have been playing with the BBB for the last 2 weeks and I must say my first impressions are this is awesome but do be prepared to go through some beginning growing pains with 3.8 kernel. Nevertheless, getting opencv working and tracking is always fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no2l0OuCSIE&list=UUbFdHnmLyG10884-MPgSDoA&index=1
It is going to be a bit before the community grows but to help you get started we are trying to get tutorials up as fast as possible...
http://www.phys-x.org/rbots/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=46:beaglebone-black&layout=blog&Itemid=81&layout=default
Android is Linux. I get sick of people writing that they are two different things. Yes, the userspace is different, but it Linux is a kernel and Android uses it. Android is every bit as much Linux as is the more familiar GNU/Linux distros.
Max resolution: 1280 x 1024 @75Hz
Useless for desktop use or as a media player.
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I've been looking at these development boards for a while, and they often seem to lag behind when it comes to the kernel. What's holding them back?
Do the kernels differ significantly from upstream, or is it the binary blobs, or something else? Considering BBB, for example, what's stopping me or someone else from just building a 3.9 kernel with the correct config for ARMv8?
Can anyone point to a project that does esentially the same as this: Controlling the Humidity with an Embedded Linux System
A temp controlled beer fermenting setup isn't the direction I need. I'm looking to turn on/off fans and a/c unit (s) based on temp and humidityusing relays, indoor (two sources, hot & cold rooms) and outdoor air sources (hot & cold depending on season or time of day) to regulate one room air quality for my bedroom, I'm disabled and the current a/c unit doesn't shut off when temp reached, rest of house is too hot or cold, running a/c in winter, etc. would like to turn fans on/off to pull cold air into room via ducting, push warm air out, control fans/ a/c / lights through relays w temp & humidity sensors in all rooms and exterior. Additional lamp control via an electrical relay would be a plus.
I've been running linux for about 15 years on desktop and servers, so I can put together the logic if I see example code, but I'm not a programmer. Any help would be deeply appreciated.
Unfortunately, no such project currently exists. A small group of us is working on something similar. It is not targeted at the enthusiast, but at HVAC professionals.
I wish I had a good sig, but all the good ones are copyrighted
While TI is feeding all the stuff to mainline, it would be nice to have to original beaglebone also working on a newer kernel. All my attempts with 3.9 failed unfortunatly as the ethernet was not working properly. And i still needed tons of patches to get this thing to boot with 3.9. Haven't tried 3.10 yet.
Any updated info for this obsolete page?
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Sitara_Linux_Upstream_Status
I hope they won't do the same error with the black version and also sticking to this 3.8 version for to long. In the long run only a mainlined beaglebone will be maintainable.
We mostly used embedded Windows on the Beagle XM.