[arm-allstar] Next BBB update

[Doug Crompton]

Larry,

 As usual theses things take a little more time than expected.  I am hoping to get it out before the end of the month and hopefully a little before that. I suppose it depends on your situation whether you want to wait or not. It is not a big deal to update once you have the configs setup. You just bring up the new image do the first time setup and then copy the /etc/asterisk/*  stuff you saved elsewhere back in and reboot.
73 Doug
WA3DSP
http://www.crompton.com/hamradio


Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 01:10:58 -0700
From: larry at thunderbolt.net
To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Next BBB update


  
    
  
  
    Hi Doug,

      

      Getting ready to construct a new Beaglebone setup for a friend.

      

      Just curious if the next image update is close enough that I may
      as well wait for it or should I go ahead with the present version?

      

      By the way thanks to you and anyone that may have helped provided
      us with this neat package. 

      

      Larry - N7FM

      

      

      

      On 08/25/2014 02:46 PM, Doug Crompton wrote:

    
    
      
      Just a little little
          tease regarding the next release of the BBB image. 

          

          There have been very few problems with the current release but
          the biggest complaint or concern is the vulnerability of the
          USB to power spikes, EMI, etc. Unfortunately when this happens
          the current kernel often does not recover gracefully and a
          reboot is almost always necessary. This is annoying with local
          servers but for those deployed in remote areas it is just not
          acceptable.

          

          The latest ArchLinux kernel along with a minor
            fix to the simpleusb channel driver has solved that
          problem. This is in testing now and so far it seems rock
          solid. You can remove and replace the USB cable from the BBB
          while connected and it restores instantly. Thus if a USB spike
          takes out the connection it will recover. This adds a huge
          increase in reliability to the BBB. So for those of you who
          are experiencing these problems help is on the way!

          

          The new kernel seems to start faster and although still under
          testing it appears the 30 second boot delay that is now in
          rc.local can be reduced significantly or possibly eliminated.
          The entire startup process is looking a lot faster. I have
          gone from power up to connection to a node in less than a
          minute.

          

          Other things that should make it to the next release are GPIO
          and backup/restore and a few other nice utility scripts like
          weather alerting. Right now we are shooting for mid September.

          

          There are lots of ideas brewing about future updates and if
          anyone has any particular (realistic) needs in additional
          features or can provide additional features that would be
          useful to all please email me.

        

        73 Doug

          WA3DSP

          http://www.crompton.com/hamradio

         
      

      
      

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