Frequently asked questions

This page is more of collection of random issues one might run into, and hopefully their solutions, as opposed to an actual FAQ.

= General =

My device is not listed, what can I do?
If your device is not listed on the front page, then it is not supported yet. This usually means that no-one has worked through our new device howto yet. This howto is a full step by step guide which makes it as easy as possible to add support for your device to linux-sunxi.

= Running linux-sunxi =

In uptime, load is always above 1
This is due to a bit of bad code in the sunxi-3.4 kernel usb driver for allwinner. You can fix this by editing your .fex file, and setting.

usb_detect_type = 1

to

usb_detect_type = 0

The actual cause for this still needs to be investigated, but a busy wait loop is probably the culprit.