In my current project I want to interface the FT220x over 1-bit SPI with an TI piccolo TMS320F28027. After some trouble and various cups of coffee I managed the whole thing by implementing the SPI in pure software. [Read More]
Dockstar/Golfex: booting with LABEL or UUID instead of device name
Did you want to reboot your Dockstar or Golfex with multiple drives attached? Well, that’s not the problem if uboot lists the devices in the correct order. But what if your Golfex has SATA drives attached and you want to boot from an usb-drive? [Read More]
Raspberry Pi: Setup Debian with SanDisk Extreme
Finally my RPi has been delivered! After unboxing it I really couldn’t image that is was that tiny. First thing I did, was grabbing my 8GB SanDisk SD-Card and copying the rootfs debian6-19-04-2012 onto it. [Read More]
Preparing for the Future: IPv6
More and more providers change to dual stack to make their servers ready for the future. Dual stack means running IPv4 and IPv6 parallel on servers. [Read More]
Dockstar: new Kernel 3.3.3 ready to use
As you may have noticed, we were discussing things about newer kernels and drivers in the comments of Dockstar/Goflex: new Kernel 3.1.10 ready to use. With that in mind I started up my VM and looked at what I’ve got there in /usr/src – there was a compiled 3.2.1 that... [Read More]