APT updates; Ubuntu 10.10; MSP430 GCC4

* APT update to cp210x for more recent Ubuntu kernels.
* TMI has been using Ubuntu 10.10 for several months now.
* TMI exclusively uses GCC4 for MSP430 cross compilation.

diff --git a/in/aptrepo.md b/in/aptrepo.md
index 6615ea3082f003c7047db4603350109d0ca14004..dcb469d6dea83233a72e8f1af678f8e55b8651be 100644 (file)
--- a/in/aptrepo.md
+++ b/in/aptrepo.md
@@ -10,36 +10,41 @@ Repositories: [[aptrepo]].
 TMI maintains an APT repository containing some of the code available from this
 website.  We use this repository in-house, and it is fairly well tested on 32
 and 64 bit Intel and AMD based workstations running Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron),
-Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx).
+Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) and Ubuntu 10.10
+(Maverick Meerkat).
 
-At this time, we do not recommend others using this repository.  Having said
-that, TMI staff and a few others do use it for production development efforts.
-Look for future deployment of these packages via PPA on Ubuntu Launchpad.
+TMI actively uses this software stack for internal and customer development, but
+does not at this time offer support.  We will do our best to answer questions;
+please use the e-mail address in the top-right corner of this web page.  Look
+for future deployment of these packages via PPA on Ubuntu Launchpad.
 
 # Package inventory
 
 Contents of the APT repostory, as of 2009-05-06
 
-    cp210x-module-dkms 0.11.2-6.1tmi
-    deputy-tinyos 1.1-2tmi
-    msp430-binutils 2.18.1~cvs20080103-2tmi
-    msp430-gcc 3.2.3-1tmi
-    msp430-libc 0.0~cvs20080819-1tmi
-    nesc 1.3.2-1tmi
-    tinyos 2.1.1-4.4-1tmi
-    tinyos-avr 2.1.1-4.4-1tmi
-    tinyos-msp430 2.1.1-4.4-1tmi
-    tinyos-source 2.1.1-4.4-1tmi
-    tinyos-source-2.0.1 2.0.1-2tmi
-    tinyos-source-2.0.2.2 2.0.2.2-2tmi
-    tinyos-source-2.1.0 2.1.0-2tmi
-    tinyos-source-2.1.0-3 2.1.0-3-2tmi
-    tinyos-source-2.1.1-4.4.1.0-4-2tmi
-    tinyos-source-2.1.0-4.1 2.1.0-4.1-1tmi
-    tinyos-source-2.1.1-4.4 2.1.1-4.4-1tmi
-    tinyos-tools 2.1.1-4.4-1tmi
-    tmi-keyring 1.0-1tmi
-    topgit 0.8-2
+    cp210x-module-dkms-0.11.3-5tmi
+    deputy-tinyos-1.1-2tmi
+    msp430-binutils-2.20-1tmi
+    msp430-gcc-4.4.3-1tmi
+    msp430-gdb-7.0.1-1tmi
+    msp430-libc-0.1~20100207-1tmi
+    nesc-1.3.2-1tmi
+    tinyos-2.1.1-4.4-1tmi
+    tinyos-avr-2.1.1-4.4-1tmi
+    tinyos-msp430-2.1.1-4.4-1tmi
+    tinyos-source-2.1.1-4.4-1tmi
+    tinyos-source-2.0.1-2.0.1-2tmi
+    tinyos-source-2.0.2.2-2.0.2.2-2tmi
+    tinyos-source-2.1.0-2.1.0-2tmi
+    tinyos-source-2.1.0-3-2.1.0-3-2tmi
+    tinyos-source-2.1.0-4-2.1.0-4-2tmi
+    tinyos-source-2.1.0-4.1-2.1.0-4.1-1tmi
+    tinyos-source-2.1.0-4.2-2.1.0-4.2-1tmi
+    tinyos-source-2.1.1-4.3-2.1.1-4.3-1tmi
+    tinyos-source-2.1.1-4.4-2.1.1-4.4-1tmi
+    tinyos-tools-2.1.1-4.4-1tmi
+    tmi-keyring-1.0-1tmi
+    topgit-0.8-2
 
 # How to use
 

diff --git a/in/cp210x.md b/in/cp210x.md
index e75416777d8d3c99b7a78599ccd7ab9f911f20d4..8e916755ceba0b32a595a638c4bb73c7035bf768 100644 (file)
--- a/in/cp210x.md
+++ b/in/cp210x.md
@@ -24,11 +24,14 @@ under the GPLv2.
 TMI completed these driver changes of a year ago and has since been maintaining
 it.  Silicon Labs was to push these changes through to the mainline kernel, but
 this clearly has not happened yet.  TMI has had some discussions with the
-linux-usb developers, and a decent number of changes need to be made before
-they will include our modifications upstream.  Specifically, they want to see
-all ioctl calls replaced with other mechanisms.  We hope to allocate some time
-to work on these issues in the future.  Meanwhile, TMI will continue to
-maintain its branch of the cp210x driver.  The `cp210x-module-dkms` package in
-the APT repository has been tested on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron), 9.10
-(Karmic Koala) and 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) systems, having both 32 and 64 bit
-x86 (Intel/AMD) processors.
+linux-usb developers, and a decent number of changes need to be made before they
+will include our modifications upstream.  Specifically, they want to see all
+ioctl calls replaced with other mechanisms.  We hope to allocate some time to
+work on these issues in the future.  Meanwhile, TMI will continue to maintain
+its branch of the cp210x driver.  The `cp210x-module-dkms` package in the APT
+repository has been tested on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron), 9.10 (Karmic
+Koala), 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) and 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) systems, having both
+32 and 64 bit x86 (Intel/AMD) processors.
+
+Note: Silicon Labs has introduced new USB/Serial chips, like the cp2104.  This
+driver is not compatible with the new parts.

diff --git a/in/news.md b/in/news.md
index af536d44d413a0f8b8e7830b6601859fa78b2041..3b3ae5b7640e2a59d2b5ba73606b45cab1c76424 100644 (file)
--- a/in/news.md
+++ b/in/news.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 title: News
 ctime: 2009-12-16
 
+### 2011-06-07
+
+* The [[aptrepo]] contains an updated MSP430 GCC toolchain, which TMI has been
+  using successfully for some time now.
+* Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) is supported as a development host.
+
 ### 2010-11-04
 
 [[TinyOS]] release 2.1.1-4.4 is available.
@@ -10,7 +16,7 @@ ctime: 2009-12-16
   to the beginning, preventing local overrides.
 * Various USCI fixes.
 * Provide new system components SharedArbiterC and SharedSplitControlC.  We use
-  these to activate subsystems ony when needed, where the subsystems are usable
+  these to activate subsystems only when needed, where the subsystems are usable
   by multiple higher-level components concurrently.
 * TinyOS by default presumes that on boot UartStream interface providers have
   the receive interrupt active.  We had presumed that it was better to allow