Linux PM: OMAP3 Suspend Support

Posted by Cliff Brake on 2009-11-23 | 8 Comments to Read

This article provides an overview of the Linux kernel support for the suspend state in the TI OMAP3.  Power management has always been one of the more difficult parts of a system to get right.  The OMAP3 power management is quite extensive.  There are many levels of very granular control over the entire system.  Initially, [...]

Integrated CAN solutions for Linux

Posted by Cliff Brake on 2009-11-19 | 3 Comments to Read

I just received an email notification from EMS (http://ems-wuensche.com/) that support for their CAN controllers is now in mainline Linux kernels.  The EMS PCI products are supported in 2.6.31, and the CPC-USB product will be supported in 2.6.32.  I’ve used various Linux CAN stacks in the past, but none were as well integrated as the [...]

Notification at the end of builds

Posted by Cliff Brake on 2009-11-05 | 2 Comments to Read

I do quite a few OpenEmbedded project builds during the course of a week.  This process usually takes 3-5 minutes.  That is just enough time to get distracted doing something else and forget about the build until an hour later when you realize — oops, I was supposed to send out a release email once [...]