Slackwarearm-14.1 ChangeLog (2013-04-11)
Thu Apr 11 19:44:16 UTC 2013
A note about the Kernel updates:
The '/boot/dtb' (Device Tree Blob) directory is now a symlink to
/boot/dtb-<kernel version>
This is the approach Fedora have taken and it also makes sense in Slackware ARM
since everything else in /boot is versioned. This way you can easily retain a
previous complete versioned set of initrd, {z,u}Image and dtb files when you
upgrade to a newer kernel release package. If your /boot directory is on a file
system that supports symlinks, you can upgradepkg to these kernels without having
to make any amendments to your device's U-Boot configuration.
/INSTALL_TEGRA.TXT: Updated.
Updated section 0.0 ('U-Boot Firmware Upgrade') to explain how to upgrade
to the latest available U-Boot release for the 'TrimSlice' device.
If you're running the previous U-Boot release that only presents 512MB RAM to
your OS, you may now upgrade to the latest available U-Boot release and use
the full 1GB RAM.
Follow section 0.0, then section 5.0 ('Booting the Slackware ARM OS').
Packages
Rebuilt
- a/glibc-solibs-2.17-arm-5.tgz
Built against Linux 3.8.6 kernel headers.
Minimum kernel is now Linux 3.1.0 as this is the common base Kernel
version in use on the Raspberry Pi when running Slackware ARM 14.0. This will
permit a live upgrade on a Rpi from Slackware ARM 14.0 to the next Slackware
release. - l/glibc-2.17-arm-5.tgz
Built against Linux 3.8.6 kernel headers.
Minimum kernel is now Linux 3.1.0 as this is the common base Kernel
version in use on the Raspberry Pi when running Slackware ARM 14.0. This will
permit a live upgrade on a Rpi from Slackware ARM 14.0 to the next Slackware
release.
Upgraded
- a/kernel_tegra-3.8.6-arm-1.tgz
Added the kernel configuration options below:
CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
CONFIG_TEGRA_DEBUG_UARTA=y
Adding 'earlyprintk' to the kernel command line will allow boot messages to be
displayed to the serial port of the Trimslice before the regular serial console
is activated. This is necessary for debugging an unbootable kernel without
additional hardware.