[MinnowBoard] Distro version vs peripherals support.

[Ferchu R]

By the way. There is not way a 32 bit OS run on MinnowMax?.


2014-09-03 8:47 GMT-05:00 Darren Hart <dvhart at linux.intel.com>:

> While the name correlation is correct and the board will indeed boot on
> older kernels, the IO and DRM drivers, as well as some XHCI fixes, are not
> ready for MinnowMax usage until 3.14. In PCI mode, the LPSS drivers need a
> 3.16 kernel, while 3.14 will suffice for ACPI mode.
>
> --
> Darren Hart
> Intel Open Source Technology Center
>
> On 9/3/14, 6:49, "Roel Jordans" <r.jordans at tue.nl> wrote:
>
> >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
> >>     can¹t 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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