Changes between Version 31 and Version 32 of ventana/ubuntu

Timestamp:

02/21/2019 08:55:07 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Tim Harvey

Comment:

added kernel version details, collapsed old images, added important notes

ventana/ubuntu

@@ -16 +16 @@
 == Gateworks pre-built Ubuntu Disk Images ==
 Gateworks provides some pre-built Ubuntu firmware images for the Ventana Family:
-||= Name              =||= Size =||= Features =||
-|| bionic-ventana 18.04 || ~1.2GB^^^1^^^ || console support - Gateworks kernel/drivers ||
-|| xenial-ventana 16.04 || ~1.2GB^^^1^^^ || console support - Gateworks kernel/drivers ||
-|| trusty-ventana 14.04 || ~210MB  || console support - Gateworks kernel/drivers ||
-|| trusty-mm-ventana 14.04 || ~650MB^^^1^^^ || HW acclerated gstreamer/gstreamer-imx ||
-|| trusty-x11-ventana 14.04 || ~1000MB^^^1^^^ || HW accelerated X11 support with LXDE ||
- 1. requires 'large' flash size (2GB) or 1GB and larger of removable storage
+||= Name              =||= Size =||= Features =||= Notes =||
+|| bionic-ventana 18.04 || ~1.2GB^^^1^^^ || console support - Gateworks 4.20 kernel/drivers || **Recommended** ||
+|| xenial-ventana 16.04 || ~1.2GB^^^1^^^ || console support - Gateworks 4.20 kernel/drivers || ||
+|| trusty-ventana 14.04 || ~210MB  || console support - Gateworks 3.14 kernel/drivers || ||
+|| trusty-mm-ventana 14.04 || ~650MB^^^1^^^ || HW acclerated gstreamer/gstreamer-imx - Gateworks 3.14 kernel/drivers || ||
+|| trusty-x11-ventana 14.04 || ~1000MB^^^1^^^ || HW accelerated X11 support with LXDE - Gateworks 3.14 kernel/drivers || ||
+ 1. requires 2GB and larger storage
 
 For a full Board Support Package providing building a Linux distro from source, please see the OpenWrt, Yocto, or Android BSP from the [wiki:ventana#bsp Ventana BSP] page
 
 
-=== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) console image ===
+=== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) console image (**Recommended**) ===
 - *** Note ***: This is a mainline kernel that does not have Video Hardware Acceleration support for gstreamer and a few other Gateworks specific items. For more information, read [wiki:ventana#MainlineLinuxKernelsupport Gateworks Mainline Linux Support].
 
@@ -43 +43 @@
 Features:
 - Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (from debootstrap instructions)
-- Ubuntu Bionic kernel (Linux 4.15 based) with drivers/firmware 
+- Ubuntu Bionic kernel (Linux 4.20 based) with drivers/firmware 
 - custom bootscript supporting NAND/UBI, MMC, SATA, USB boot devices and root filesystems
 - extra packages: openssh-server can-utils i2c-tools usbutils pciutils
@@ -50 +50 @@
 
 
+[[CollapsibleStart(Old Releases)]]
+
 === Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) console image ===
-- *** Note ***: This is a mainline kernel that does not have Video Hardware Acceleration support for gstreamer and a few other Gateworks specific items. For more information, read [wiki:ventana#MainlineLinuxKernelsupport Gateworks Mainline Linux Support].
+Important Notes:
+- This is a mainline kernel that does not have Video Hardware Acceleration support for gstreamer and a few other Gateworks specific items. For more information, read [wiki:ventana#MainlineLinuxKernelsupport Gateworks Mainline Linux Support].
+- This requires the latest Gateworks Bootloader - U-Boot v2017.05 (see http://dev.gateworks.com/ventana/images and http://trac.gateworks.com/wiki/ventana/bootloader#PreBuiltBootloader)
 
 A pre-built console image created using the  [#debootstrap debootstrap] method for [http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/ Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)] can be downloaded:
@@ -75 +79 @@
 
 === Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) console image ===
+Important Notes:
+- This is a mainline kernel that does not have Video Hardware Acceleration support for gstreamer and a few other Gateworks specific items. For more information, read [wiki:ventana#MainlineLinuxKernelsupport Gateworks Mainline Linux Support].
+- This requires the latest Gateworks Bootloader - U-Boot v2017.05 (see http://dev.gateworks.com/ventana/images and http://trac.gateworks.com/wiki/ventana/bootloader#PreBuiltBootloader)
+
 A pre-built console image created using the  [#debootstrap debootstrap] method for [http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/ Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)] can be downloaded:
  * [http://dev.gateworks.com/ventana/images/trusty-ventana_large.ubi trusty-ventana_large.ubi] - UBI image for 1GB/2GB Flash boards (see wiki:/linux/ubi#BasicMethod for info about flashing UBI images)
@@ -140 +148 @@
 - lxde
 
+[[CollapsibleEnd]]
+
 
 [=#kernel]