Digilent kernel in Xillinux

I'm not sure if anybody else is having this problem, but I cannot get the full Digilent kernel to work for me with Xillinux. Could anyone give an extremely dumbed-down step-by-step on how to do this? I would appreciate it greatly. Thanks.

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0 Former Member over 12 years ago

Section 5.2 of The Getting started with Xillybus on a Linux host guide (available at Xillybus' site) briefly explains how to compile the kernel.

I suppose you didn't patch Digilent's kernel, so the driver for the VGA display was missing.

Just for my curiosity: Why do you compile the kernel?
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0 Former Member over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member

I'm having issues getting v4l to work with the xillinux kernel, and I'm hoping the Digilent kernel won't have that problem. I tried downloading, making, and copying the image over to the SD card (writing over the current image) but it never boots and I have to reformat my SD card.
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0 Former Member over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member

I'm having issues getting v4l to work with the xillinux kernel, and I'm hoping the Digilent kernel won't have that problem. I tried downloading, making, and copying the image over to the SD card (writing over the current image) but it never boots and I have to reformat my SD card.
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0 Former Member over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member

The Xillinux and Digilent kernel are pretty similar, since the Xillinux kernel actually the Digilent kernel + a few patches and a few changes in the configuration.

An "enriched" Xillinux kernel (with drivers enabled for virtually everything) is about to be released in a matter of a few days. This one has a good chance of solving the v4l issue. Stay tuned. ;)

As for the need to reformat the SD card: You are using a Sandisk, right...?
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