Note: This article is information about an older version of JetPack. Please see JetPack 2.0 Install for an updated version. One of the more intimidating tasks for newcomers to the Jetson TK1 is flashing operating systems and tools to the device. Because the Jetson is at its heart a development Read more …
The release of Linux for Tegra (L4T) 21.1 for the NVIDIA Jetson TK1 brought with it the use of UBoot as the new kernel boot loader. UBoot makes it easier to load modules and drivers dynamically. I thought it would be nice to build a driver for an Intel 7260 Read more …
With the new Linux for Tegra (LT4) 21.1 release, I needed a new driver for a Intel 7260 Wireless mini PCIe card. You can read about my initial installation of that hardware here: Installing Wireless Intel 7260 Adapter on NVIDIA Jetson TK1. WARNING NOTE: The compiled driver is for LT4 Read more …
In previous L4T releases, the USB port was enabled during the boot process by setting an environment variable, called OMDDATA to signify to Fastboot whether the full size Jetson USB port is 2.0 or 3.0 compatible. With the introduction of L4T 21.1, UBoot is now the default boot loader, and Read more …
With the release of the new version (21.1) of Linux for Tegra yesterday, we find ourselves installing the new version and booting up the Jetson after installation. There’s some great news! Installation only takes a few minutes, compared to the nearly hour (or more) that users were experiencing in earlier Read more …
The NVIDIA Jetson TK1 has a relatively small main memory for running memory hungry applications like Chromium and compiling large programs. By creating a Swapfile, the Jetson will seem much snappier when a bunch of memory is being consumed. Here’s the video on how to create a Swapfile: You can Read more …
Coming from other computer platforms like Windows and OSX, it seems odd that local disks do not mount automatically on Linux Ubuntu 14.04. This procedure is usually called automount. Sure there’s the distinction between partitions and volumes and all that, but it still seems rather odd to me. Under Linux, Read more …
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