Tuesday 6 April 2010

Kernel Release 2.6.31.12.3-ER1

Changelog:
  • 2.6.31.12.3
  • Patched in devtmpfs - however it is disabled in the config because it conflicts with Ubuntu Karmic's boot procedure
  • Enabled DVI sink mode in the display driver when defaulting with no cable connected (will go to 1024x768@60Hz)
  • Added back the SPI chipselect bugfix - should make the MTD driver happier
  • Miscellaneous tweaks to MTD partitioning data
  • Config updates
    • Enabled OSS PCM driver (ALSA emulation) to provide /dev/dsp
    • Enabled Magic SysRq keys
    • Enabled MAC80211 LED Triggers
    • Disabled module versioning to prep for 3D
    • Enabled forced module loading
This version will have GPU modules available and a prebuilt rt3070sta driver (since that works much better still than the mainline rt2800usb driver). The release was meant to be Monday (and if you look - it's online already) but it will have to be re-rolled as I made a mistake building some modules.

There is also a U-Boot release (1.1.8) on the Firmware page which adds a small ARM errata fix plus some very minor changes to behavior which most people won't ever notice, but it needed to be published.

Both these kernel and u-boot revisions will ship on any Efika MX going out of the door from Wednesday

2 comments:

  1. rtp mentioned this in the #efika channel on freenode: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=
    6307e0961205c50a8a9b6e8e3e4dfd178a944ba9

    I've been testing it locally, and it definitely helps - any chance we can get this applied to the next kernel release? :)

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  2. Ugh, sorry about that - comments broke it - here, tinyurled: http://tinyurl.com/27nj3vb

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