Changes between Version 54 and Version 55 of ventana/ubuntu

Timestamp:

06/18/2020 11:58:44 PM (4 years ago)

Author:

Tim Harvey

Comment:

use version-agnostic kernel install and update kernel version to 5.4

ventana/ubuntu

@@ -26 +26 @@
   - see [wiki:/linux/ubi#BasicMethod here] for info about flashing UBI images
  * [http://dev.gateworks.com/ubuntu/bionic/bionic-ventana.tar.xz bionic-armhf.tar.xz] - tarball of rootfs (not including kernel) you can use to image onto microSD / mSATA. See [wiki:linux/blockdev linux/blockdev] for instructions
- * [http://dev.gateworks.com/ventana/images/gateworks-linux-4.20.tar.xz gateworks-linux-4.20.tar.xz] Kernel, device-tree, bootscript, and modules that can be combined with a root filesystem to create a bootable system. See [wiki:linux/blockdev linux/blockdev] for instructions
+ * [http://dev.gateworks.com/ventana/images/linux-ventana.tar.xz linux-ventana.tar.xz] Kernel, device-tree, bootscript, and modules that can be combined with a root filesystem to create a bootable system. See [wiki:linux/blockdev linux/blockdev] for instructions
 
 '''Login Information (default)'''
@@ -34 +34 @@
 Features:
 - Ubuntu arm core (created via debootstrap)
-- Gateworks Ventana Linux kernel (Linux 4.20 based)
+- Gateworks Ventana Linux kernel (Linux 5.4 based)
 - eth0 dhcp with a 30 second timeout
 - User: root password: root
@@ -277 +277 @@
 #!bash
 cd /
-wget http://dev.gateworks.com/ventana/images/gateworks-linux-4.20.tar.xz
-tar -xvf gateworks-linux-4.20.tar.xz --keep-directory-symlink
+wget http://dev.gateworks.com/ventana/images/linux-ventana.tar.xz
+tar -xvf linux-ventana.tar.xz --keep-directory-symlink
 depmod $(ls /lib/modules/) # create module dependencies
-rm gateworks-linux-4.20.tar.xz
+rm linux-ventana.tar.xz
 }}}
   * the {{{depmod}}} trick above is to run depmod with the exact kernel version (which will be the subdir in /lib/modules). An alternative is to run {{{depmod}}} after the first boot
@@ -348 +348 @@
 == Kernel
 While a kernel is not specifically part of a root filesystem it usually resides on the root filesystem. There are several kernel sources you can choose from:
- * Gateworks pre-built 4.20 kernel (**recommended**)
+ * Gateworks pre-built 5.4 kernel (**recommended**)
  * Gateworks pre-built 3.14 kernel
  * Ubuntu built kernel
@@ -356 +356 @@
 Gateworks periodically updates their pre-built IMX6 kernel release and it is easy to install on a running system:
 {{{#!bash
-wget http://dev.gateworks.com/ventana/images/gateworks-linux-4.20.7.tar.xz
-tar -C / -xvf gateworks-linux-4.20.7.tar.xz --keep-directory-symlink
-rm gateworks-linux-4.20.7.tar.xz
+wget http://dev.gateworks.com/ventana/images/linux-ventana.tar.xz
+tar -C / -xvf linux-ventana.tar.xz --keep-directory-symlink
+rm linux-ventana.tar.xz
 }}}
 
@@ -430 +430 @@
 {{{#!bash
 # The Gateworks bootscript is a good starting point
-wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Gateworks/linux-imx6/gateworks_4.20.7/gwventana_bootscript -O /boot/6x_bootscript-ventana.txt
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Gateworks/linux-imx6/gateworks_5.4.45/gwventana_bootscript -O /boot/6x_bootscript-ventana.txt
 # re-enable ramdisk when its needed
 sed -i 's/^setenv rd_addr$/#setenv rd_addr/' /boot/6x_bootscript-ventana.txt