[MinnowBoard] Distro version vs peripherals support.

[Roel Jordans]

Hi all,

 From what I've understood Bay Trail is the same as Valley View, which I 
believe was already supported in 3.11+ kernels

Cheers,
  Roel

On 03/09/14 04:49, Ferchu R wrote:
> Hi John. I will try a 3.14+ kernel. By the way, I have an Intel
> DE3815TYBE "NUC" board (Atom E3815). I don't want to hijack my own
> thread, but I have not been able to use the onboard serial ports. As far
> as you know (maybe is not your speciality field) could this be caused by
> the lack of support of older kernels on bay trail?.
>
> Thanks, and excuse me for the offtopic.
>
>
> 2014-09-02 20:24 GMT-05:00 Hawley, John <john.hawley at intel.com
> <mailto:john.hawley at intel.com>>:
>
>     Short version: if your kernel is 3.14 or greater, everything is
>     supported.____
>
>     __ __
>
>     Long version: if your kernel is 3.14 everything is supported, but I
>     can’t speak to what every distro has compiled into it, or has
>     modules for, generally speaking I know I tend to run Fedora on my
>     MAXes, and I know one of the interns has a tendency to run Mint, and
>     neither of us has had any issues with any of the drivers (outside of
>     needing board files to make specific SPI or I2C devices work).____
>
>     __ __
>
>     __-__John____
>
>     __ __
>
>     *From:*elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org
>     <mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org>
>     [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org
>     <mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org>] *On Behalf Of
>     *Ferchu R
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, September 2, 2014 4:35 PM
>     *To:* MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
>     *Subject:* [MinnowBoard] Distro version vs peripherals support.____
>
>     __ __
>
>     Hi:
>
>     I just received a couple of MinnowMax that I have ordered on July.
>     Now I have to decide on what distro I will put my time on. My main
>     consideration is the support of peripherals (GPIO, Serial ports,
>     SPI, etc). I know the eLinux page "Minnowboard:MinnowMaxDistros",
>     but there is not much information on what distros should ease the
>     work with these peripherals. I remember have read something about
>     the support of the Atom processor could be better on newer kernel
>     version. Should I worry about the Kernel Version more than the distro?.
>
>     Thanks.____
>
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