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Jun 05 2023 08:43:09 UTC: hns: yes, if the MLO and u-boot come from the internal eMMC - and if they execute a boot.scr that checks if it can load the kernel from the SD card. Then you can also use ext4 for the partitions. The BootROM will then try to find an MLO on the SD card but doesn't and then searches other locations...
Jun 04 2023 10:19:07 UTC: Repo: Zombiepox - 1.0.0.0 - Update
May 29 2023 13:38:22 UTC: Repo: Anarch - 1.1.D.2 - Update
May 27 2023 11:16:25 UTC: Repo: Anarch - 1.1.D.1 - New
May 26 2023 11:55:10 UTC: hns: Because there were some years of development in between :) Well, there are not many updates on the summary table. The best reference is the CHANGES log: http://download.goldelico.com/letux-kernel/letux-6.4-rc3/src/CHANGES Of course it can't be easily filtered for "Pyra". You must search e.g...
May 26 2023 05:33:58 UTC: hns: What are the lot of lacking features? I only know about issues with X11 screen rotation and nobody having PVR/SGX up and running. There are some glitches but not missing features.
May 23 2023 16:15:43 UTC: EvilDragon: 5.10 is an LTS kernel with EOL in 2026, so it should work with every stable distribution until then.
May 23 2023 16:14:36 UTC: EvilDragon: True, but you will get the money back you paid for. The payment was done in EUR, so what he would receive back would be the same amount of EUR. Currency conversion is always at the risk of the buyer.
May 22 2023 23:37:13 UTC: EvilDragon: Well, it could be. What we do know is that the IC breaks in a way that needs more power than normally. So it could be it's right at the edge and randomly manages to show the boot screen. Of course, it could also be a dying emmc.
May 22 2023 23:35:27 UTC: EvilDragon: Yes, actually, we're aiming for the 5.10. Kernel at the moment (as that's the last one that has fully working 3D), but there were also numerous fixes afterwards that shouldn't be too hard to be backported. We're also using a different kernel config which might break sleep mode and the reboot...
May 22 2023 16:51:14 UTC: EvilDragon: Oookay, quite a few posts to reply to, let's start :) Yes, that was my expectation as well. If I would've known upfront that it will become another trip to hell and (hopefully) back, I wouldn't even have started it. So we're on the same side here. That is correct, and something I had hoped...
May 21 2023 19:06:29 UTC: EvilDragon: Dann fahren wir das ganze doch weiter: Ich habe ja eine erste Ausgabe der RetroBox veröffenltlicht, welches es bei mir im Shop kostenlos gab. Ich würde gerne noch mehr Ausgaben machen - da fehlt mir aber die Zeit. Hier könnte man doch zusammenarbeiten, wenn jemand mitmachen will :) Dann gäbe es...
May 21 2023 19:03:31 UTC: EvilDragon: Yep, if that power IC is broken, it needs 5V, it won't run with 3V
May 18 2023 00:19:59 UTC: EvilDragon: One full case set is 10 EUR, coating one set does cost 12 EUR, so it's 22 EUR in total for one full case.
May 17 2023 15:45:32 UTC: hns: Well, I think it is starving, but still alive. So feeding could help. What about a donation funds just to speed up software development independent of hardware production speed? Like people can donate to Debian so that they organize Development Sprints and Mini Conferences. It could be a 10€...
May 17 2023 15:34:33 UTC: hns: Basically: 1. booting + waiting for login: on the FTDI console. 2. start a script (https://git.goldelico.com/?p=letux-kernel.git;a=blob;f=Letux/root/batt;h=37c894f06f7e68baaaa1b602c922311fc548e297;hb=HEAD) that prints date and some battery status every 10 seconds. 3. X11 is running with some...
May 17 2023 09:57:45 UTC: EvilDragon: As others mentioned before: Vapourware is something that never turns up. But we're regularly shipping. So even if things are moving very slow, it's not Vapourware. Well, it's up to anyone to decide how they spend their money. The same could happen with any other currency as well (just take a...
May 17 2023 01:11:52 UTC: EvilDragon: The i.MX 8M is not the Plus - though (my bad), I also didn't mean thr Plus but the normal i.MX8, which is the only interesting one regarding the CPU (as it has two Cortex A72). The A53 has 2.3 DMIPS/MHz, the Cortex A15 has 3.4 DMIPS/MHz. Both the A53 in the i.MX 8M and the A15 in the OMAP5 are...
May 16 2023 11:46:53 UTC: EvilDragon: Aaaah - was mich dran erinnert, dass ich die neuen LCD-Kabel auf Lager stellen muss! Passiert die Woche, ich aktualisiere ohnehin gerade den Shop :)
May 15 2023 21:07:39 UTC: EvilDragon: Well, unless there's some rich guy throwing money to fund that without wanting anything back, I don't see any other way to fund the development :) Yes and no. Most of the Rockchip stuff is Odroid or Anbernic or similar. The users mostly care about emulation. There's ArkOS, EmuElec and so on -...
May 15 2023 19:55:11 UTC: hns: Thanks for doing some research! Indeed I had to comment out some code fragments that handle lost context registers because it is no longer supported by modern Kernel APIs. Maybe we have to ask Tony Lindgren (omap maintainer) about this.
May 15 2023 13:52:21 UTC: EvilDragon: Well, the OMAP5 is still in production, only the development itself by TI is dead. That said, it still receives updates in mainline Linux kernel - whereas with other vendors (like Rockchip, for example), there's no real support at all. Once they release the SoC, they release a kernel and that's...
May 15 2023 09:27:48 UTC: EvilDragon: Should work like this: Go here: https://packages.pyra-handheld.com/images/buster/ Download the install.img, flash it onto an SD Card (dd, Etcher, etc.), boot that card in your Pyra and it should install the OS on the internal storage.
May 14 2023 09:49:28 UTC: hns: Playing sound hangs in the function wait_for_avail() where I dump some interesting registers. [ 4602.150329] wait_for_avail: [ 4602.153259] dump all relevant OMAP4 AESS registers [ 4602.158264] ABE_PRM: [ 4602.160583] 4a306500: 03 01 33 00 37 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 4602.167358]...
May 14 2023 07:12:21 UTC: hns: Finally found time to check this (with letux-6.4-rc1): root@letux:~# cat /sys/kernel/debug/clk/abe_clk/clk_prepare_count 1 root@letux:~# cat /sys/kernel/debug/clk/abe_clk/clk_enable_count 1 root@letux:~# cat /sys/kernel/debug/clk/clk_summary |fgrep abe_ abe_dpll_bypass_clk_mux_ck 0...
May 12 2023 11:48:54 UTC: EvilDragon: Oh, interesting indeed. But no Windows binary yet, and I'm using it on a Windows machine as well.
May 12 2023 10:55:56 UTC: EvilDragon: True, but suspend-to-ram is not really needed for such devices. Smartphones also don't have a suspend-to-ram. Modern CPUs have deep sleep states which use very little power and most other parts can be switched off as well. It can also keep certain parts active (you don't want to miss calls on...
May 11 2023 14:59:50 UTC: EvilDragon: Yeah, that's easy to replace. The symptoms were that the GP2x only worked with 5V, not 3V anymore (so it didn't run on batteries)
May 11 2023 14:58:19 UTC: EvilDragon: Hmmm... but the datasheet doesn't mention any LTE support. Could it be the antenna we're usding does only support UMTS (and below) but no LTE? Well, if adding such an antenna you are using is a workaround, then we could do the with the current boards and for the next production we could use a...