If you skipped the Chumby, we’re sorry. They were rather low-cost Linux appliances that acted as a clock, Online radio, and feed reader. The organization went belly up, although there was some features remaining thanks to 1 of the founders and now, for a membership price, you can still hold your Chumby running. Having said that, [Doug Brown] purchased just one with the aim of making use of it for his have apps. But the 2.6.28 kernel is exhibiting its age. So he made a decision to push a new kernel on the machine.
If you are a Chumby enthusiast, really don’t get way too thrilled. The purpose isn’t to supply the current Chumby applications with a new kernel, [Doug] claims which is probably difficult. Rather, he would like a modern day booting infrastructure and kernel on the unit for his individual software package.
The write-up is only element a person, but it handles how he got U-Boot to load from an SD card. Presented the accomplishment of that, we really do not feel it will be very long ahead of the new kernel is managing, far too.
Knowing the boot system is a little bit of arcane understanding and [Doug] observed again in 2013 that he didn’t very recognize it nicely sufficient to get the 3.13 kernel on the box, but now he’s completely ready to get the obstacle and dependent on his function so significantly, we concur.
We had been unfortunate when Chumby stopped advertising components. Chumby had white labeled the unit to other firms, as well, and we saw at minimum one particular of all those driving a robotic.
