[hpsdr] OMAP3530 EVM with 2.6.27 Kernel

[Alberto I2PHD]

Bob McGwier wrote:
> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> 
> As you can see, very late kernels run on the ARM Cortex-A8 but this is very
> much an open source linux process where things get fixed incrementally.
> This is not for the end user who just wants to "use it" right this minute as
> you can see from color patching questions.  For now, we do not have a driver
> for the OpenGL-ES hardware so we will lose lots of speed for those wanting
> to hook it to a monitor.
> 
> Bob

FWIW, I have been able to run the latest Angstrom distribution (Dec, 5, 2008) on my BB Rev.B5 (waiting for Rev. C)
with X running at 1280 x 720, keyboard and mouse perfectly usable, and even a USB WiFi dongle that allows me to browse 
the Internet with the special version of Firefox that comes with that Angstrom release.

Today I am experimenting with a USB 2.5" external drive, 320GB, and apparently it works. When the BB monitor program 
will be updated so to allow booting from an USB device that will be the way to go.

But of course the very big next step would be that of installing a C compiler, have it working, and compile something 
compatible with the X on the BB. The fact that my foray into the Linux territory did start only a few weeks ago is of no 
help, however...

I followed the instructions on this page :
http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/HowToGetAngstromRunning

And the Angstrom kernel loaded was this one :
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http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/demo/beagleboard/Angstrom-Beagleboard-demo-image-glibc-ipk-2008.1-test-20081205-beagleboard.rootfs.tar.bz2
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73  Alberto  I2PHD


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