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Mar 06 03:01:27 <kirbyart_> zeekhuge, yesss. But if i said that the joke will be way worseeee than it is
Mar 06 03:02:27 <kirbyart_> Hm, so if we propose to do other more hardware projects, that's will be still gsoc? and the most important question, you and the other mentor still have the desire to keep going with the project, if the proposal was not accepeted?°
Mar 06 03:05:19 <nerdboy> yup
Mar 06 03:05:37 <nerdboy> the hardware is a requiremnt to support the software
Mar 06 03:08:42 <kirbyart_> Ok, so i will keep in touch (: And if will be useful, i can go in the Uchile see the things in april :P
Mar 06 03:08:51 <kirbyart_> All the communication will be on IrC?
Mar 06 03:15:16 <nerdboy> irc and the mailing list mostly, but pushing to github and weekly reports are also communication
Mar 06 03:15:49 <nerdboy> *weekly status, not much of a report really...
Mar 06 03:20:32 <kirbyart_> ok (;
Mar 06 03:24:40 <nerdboy> the data acq/processing from the sonics is the main part
Mar 06 03:25:27 <nerdboy> the "weather station" comes for free if we get imu/pressure sensor
Mar 06 03:27:06 <nerdboy> the blue is late again, and i thought we could get that part (free) but i was told blue only has bus connectors and no gpio headers like black/green do
Mar 06 03:28:14 <nerdboy> so get the sonics working first and then adding ptu data is trivial
Mar 06 03:28:40 <nerdboy> *the other sensors for pres/temp/moisture
Mar 06 03:32:19 <kirbyart_> Hm, but how we get the sensors before the proposal :\?
Mar 06 03:41:56 <nerdboy> hardware doesn't ship until the final cut
Mar 06 03:42:18 <nerdboy> have to make do with the data sheets
Mar 06 07:09:06 <tokencolour> Hello, all!
Mar 06 07:10:02 <tokencolour> I have been given the task to boot my own kernel onto the BBB by ds2
Mar 06 07:10:48 <tokencolour> I followed the instructions documented at http://www.armhf.com/boards/beaglebone-black/bbb-sd-install/ as maciejjo suggested.
Mar 06 07:11:44 <tokencolour> And I have been able to boot ubuntu onto the BBB
Mar 06 07:12:02 <tokencolour> I can finally serial debug my BBB also.
Mar 06 07:12:12 <tokencolour> Thank you.
Mar 06 07:12:35 <tokencolour> But I am in a fix right now, whether this is really what I was supposed to do.
Mar 06 07:13:47 <tokencolour> I had seen other sources (also followed some of them ) where they instructed to compile (cross-compile, rather) kernel from source.
Mar 06 07:14:00 <tokencolour> Like http://embedjournal.com/kernel-compilation-beaglebone-black/
Mar 06 07:14:24 <tokencolour> http://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/building-for-beaglebone-black-on-linux.html#installing-the-rt-kernel
Mar 06 07:14:58 <tokencolour> and http://elinux.org/Building_BBB_Kernel
Mar 06 07:16:28 <tokencolour> Is following http://www.armhf.com/boards/beaglebone-black/bbb-sd-install/ enough?
Mar 06 07:17:18 <tokencolour> I am asking this because I did not use an MLO or u-boot.img that I compiled.
Mar 06 07:17:51 <tokencolour> It came directly with the tar I downloaded from the above source.
Mar 06 07:21:27 <tokencolour> I also compiled u-boot (separately) and that created those files (MLO and the rest).
Mar 06 07:21:55 <tokencolour> Should I try to use them or is this enough?
Mar 06 07:22:11 <tokencolour> I am a bit confused.
Mar 06 07:22:30 <tokencolour> I request the devs to kindly help me with this.
Mar 06 07:29:53 <nerdboy> boot your own kernel sounds like u-boot doesn't really matter
Mar 06 07:30:01 <nerdboy> as long is at boots...
Mar 06 07:30:11 <nerdboy> s/at/it/
Mar 06 07:31:27 <nerdboy> don't compile your kernel on the beaglebone, do cross-compile it
Mar 06 07:32:25 <nerdboy> there are build scripts for beaglebone kernel or just do it manually
Mar 06 07:33:40 <nerdboy> i'd start with TI dev (staging) kernel 4.4x or 4.9x
Mar 06 07:38:23 <Abhinav_> Hey, I am a newbie to ARM programming but I've done a few projects on AVR. Would it be difficult to switch from AVR to ARM?
Mar 06 07:38:49 <Abhinav_> Also, where do I start?
Mar 06 07:39:28 <zeekhuge> Abhinav_: mostly yes. AVR is kind of bare bones. You will mostly be doing Kernel stuff for beagleboard.org projects here .
Mar 06 07:42:03 <Abhinav_> For GSoC, I was interested in the Seismometer project, I've done a similar project in AVR. Would undertaking that require some special skills?
Mar 06 07:43:15 * zeekhuge waits for nerdboy to answer that
Mar 06 07:43:16 <Abhinav_> I am just in 1st year and my skillset is not so large now, but I am very eager to learn.
Mar 06 07:54:57 <nerdboy> not especially, since it seems reasonably well documented
Mar 06 07:55:47 <nerdboy> you can do C and/or asm on pru, and pretty nuch anything on arm host
Mar 06 07:55:58 * nerdboy votes for python
Mar 06 07:56:25 <nerdboy> or maybe go since i just met the gobot guy today...
Mar 06 08:00:58 <nerdboy> in this case !armv7m rather armv7a
Mar 06 08:05:12 <tokencolour> nerdboy: I'm sorry for the late reply.
Mar 06 08:05:32 <tokencolour> what should I do after cross-compiling a kernel?
Mar 06 08:08:17 <tokencolour> i.e. what should I do after following these steps http://elinux.org/Building_BBB_Kernel#Downloading_and_building_the_Linux_Kernel
Mar 06 08:16:52 <tokencolour> When I ls into the place where I built my kernel, it shows the following:
Mar 06 08:17:01 <tokencolour> https://www.irccloud.com/pastebin/0pJ9C1mP/
Mar 06 08:18:48 <maciejjo> tokencolour: I think kernel image is placed under arch/arm/boot/
Mar 06 08:19:42 <tokencolour> I can find zImage there.
Mar 06 08:20:03 <tokencolour> https://www.irccloud.com/pastebin/1v1sWJaA/
Mar 06 08:21:21 <ravikp7> tokencolour:  uImage-dtb.am335x-boneblack is the kernel image that was build
Mar 06 08:22:32 <tokencolour> What should I do with it? Should I place it in /boot/ in BBB
Mar 06 08:22:34 <ravikp7> tokencolour: You have now to choices to flash the kernel in BBB
Mar 06 08:22:35 <tokencolour> ?
Mar 06 08:23:13 <tokencolour> How does one do that?
Mar 06 08:23:34 <ravikp7> first one is to follow the  further steps on that website  and transfer the image through tftp.
Mar 06 08:24:03 <ravikp7> Second is to use BBB Linux Flasher https://github.com/ungureanuvladvictor/BBBlfs
Mar 06 08:24:23 <ravikp7> But this flasher supports only .xz compressed images
Mar 06 08:24:47 <ravikp7> So you have to compress the image in order to flash with this tool
Mar 06 08:28:07 <tokencolour> Thank you ravikp7.
Mar 06 08:28:07 <ravikp7> tokencolour: I misspelled, I meant two choices
Mar 06 08:28:24 <tokencolour> I'll go through this tool.
Mar 06 08:29:03 <tokencolour> Thank you, maciejjo and nerdboy.
Mar 06 11:33:24 <dravid> Hi All, I would like to contribute in the beagle board open source community
Mar 06 11:36:55 <dravid> how do i contact the mentors?
Mar 06 11:37:45 <zeekhuge> Most of them were at one or the other conference  (like SCALE) ..... so ...
Mar 06 11:37:55 <zeekhuge> nerdboy: was here a while ago ..
Mar 06 11:38:12 <zeekhuge> and others must be sleeping now ...
Mar 06 11:39:38 <dravid> ohh, Thank you
Mar 06 12:04:34 <tokencolour> Hello, all!
Mar 06 12:05:00 <tokencolour> I'm trying to use the following tool: https://github.com/ungureanuvladvictor/BBBlfs
Mar 06 12:06:17 <tokencolour> How much time does normally `sudo ./usb_flasher ` take in  flash_script.sh?
Mar 06 13:21:21 <kiran4399> Hello!!
Mar 06 13:21:41 <kiran4399> is the weekly meeting there?
Mar 06 13:21:46 <kiran4399> this wednesday?
Mar 06 13:35:12 <tokencolour> Is ravikp7 here?
Mar 06 13:39:05 <ravikp7> tokencolour: I have no idea how much time does it take to flash. My gsoc project would be to port this flash tool (bootloader server, currently written in c) to node js. So I had idea about what the tool does and I suggested it. I can't even test it right now  as I don't have a BB board.
Mar 06 13:39:59 <tokencolour> oh okay.
Mar 06 13:40:29 <ravikp7> only mentor I know, currently present here is zeekhuge , ask him if he can help
Mar 06 13:41:16 <tokencolour> okay.
Mar 06 13:41:23 <tokencolour> Thanks.
Mar 06 13:41:41 <tokencolour> Is zeekhuge available?
Mar 06 13:42:53 <tokencolour> The docs ask us to boot by holding the boot the S2 switch. This does mean I should power the BBB through a powered USB/adapter.
Mar 06 13:44:23 <zeekhuge> Not a mentor exactly yet. Bit busy here ..
Mar 06 13:44:37 <zeekhuge> hi tokencolour
Mar 06 13:44:46 <zeekhuge> what are you trying to achieve ?
Mar 06 13:44:46 <tokencolour> and somehow the script flash_script.sh greps for sd[a-z] .
Mar 06 13:45:03 <tokencolour> Hi zeekhuge.
Mar 06 13:45:33 <tokencolour> I have cross compiled the kernel and have the image. I want to flash it onto the BBB.
Mar 06 13:45:52 <tokencolour> If you're busy, we can talk when you are free.
Mar 06 13:46:46 <zeekhuge> ahh .. yeah please . Sorry. Will ping you later.
Mar 06 13:47:15 <tokencolour> okay. Thanks.
Mar 06 14:50:00 * anujdeshpande tips his hat and wishes a good morning to all
Mar 06 15:39:27 <beagleslackbot> <jkridner> GM all
Mar 06 15:59:24 <kishu> hi, i am a student and want to contribute through gsoc.I am intersting in project "Port BeagleBone USB-based bootloader server from C to JavaScript (node.js)" specified in your gsoc idea,I wanna know more about it and also the links specified are not working
Mar 06 16:18:42 <sudha> hi
Mar 06 16:43:47 <nerdboy> that sounds weird...
Mar 06 16:56:02 <kishu> wierd why?
Mar 06 16:58:57 <nerdboy> because they do work, except the TBD one that doesn't exist yet
Mar 06 16:59:20 <nerdboy> for the ^^ bootloader one
Mar 06 17:06:47 <kishu> yeah after your reply i checked again this time worked except one you mentioned.really that is wierd
Mar 06 17:12:40 <kishu> it would be great if you can tell where and how to start,i have knowledge of c,js(node.js) and have worked on it before
Mar 06 17:29:07 <nerdboy> start with bblfs?
Mar 06 20:42:54 <pmezydlo> mdp, nerdboy, ds2: awesome presentations on scale15x I saw you on youtube live :) I watched Marek's presentation too but he is not here.
Mar 06 20:57:31 <maciejjo> mare recordings from scale online?
Mar 06 20:57:40 <maciejjo> are*
Mar 06 21:00:19 <pmezydlo> maciejjo: check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wRLObBpsJg
Mar 06 21:00:49 <maciejjo> pmezydlo: awesome, thanks :)
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