Le Potato general topics

[TonyMac32]

Topic covering feature updates/bugfixes.

 

Sep. 29 2017 - HDMI hotplug script/udev added for Mainline.  Switching monitors no longer results in a necessary reboot.

Nov. 22 2017 - Dev updated to 4.14 with Libretech patches

Nov. 23 2017 - Next updated to 4.14.y with Libretech patches  <- wait for nightly, not on download page Active download

Dec. 18 2017 - Patch uploaded to fix Ethernet instability: commit

Feb. 04 2018 - Ethernet LED's fixed in repo. commit

July. 08 2018 - Next is kernel 4.17, HDMI audio fixed

 

[bug] Dec. 20 2017 - Init 0 results in reboot

[bug] July 8 2018 - Kernel 4.17 cpufreq throwing errors setting clock speeds, even after BayLibre patch. (board was initially unbootable, patch fixed that)

[Da Xue]

So the issue is in the dwmac u-boot driver. Leaving it on in u-boot and it will corrupt memory somewhere between 1GB and 2GB. Disabling dwmac fixes it but you also have to add phy initialization code to Linux driver.

Edited August 9, 2022 by Da Xue