[Gta04-owner] New hw-validation snapshot

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 16.11.2011 um 22:51 schrieb Neil Jerram:

> On 16.11.2011 21:10, Neil Jerram wrote:
>> On 16.11.2011 20:56, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
>> 
>>> You do not need to reinstall the rootfs or reformat the SD card. Just
>>> extract and replace the modified uImage and Xorg.conf (I hope
>>> I did not forget anything).
>> 
>> What about downloading and unpacking modules.tgz - would there be any
>> changes in there?
> 
> I'm afraid I'm still not getting real GPS information.  I guessed (from googling) that it might also need a further command:
> 
> echo normal >/sys/devices/platform/reg-virt-consumer.5/mode
> 
> but that made no difference.
> 
> I haven't yet opened up my GTA04 to check the antenna connection, so it could still be a mechanical problem in my case.  Therefore it would be lovely to hear if anyone else can see real satellite or fix information with the new validation kernel.

I tried yesterday on two devices and it wasn't very successful either.
The power on/off did work (even without the "normal") and the /sys/gpio
did indicate internal/external antenna switching.

I got some UTC information from the satellites, but never got enough
of them to get a position fix. So that is something which needs more analysis.

Let's hope that we don't have a similar issue like the GTA02A5 where the
MMC/SD slot did introduce some interferences. This is easy to solve but
very difficult to identify.

Nikolaus