04:11 <Somasis> I'm on mainline 3.18.1, using the default kernel config as prescribed by the wiki's page on building mainline, and ethernet keeps dropping after a while. is there a patch to fix this or a workaround of any sort?

04:23 <Somasis> never mind, found it in irc logs

04:50 <Somasis> on a different topic, is there any way to upgrade the kernel from the system itself, without putting it into loader mode?

05:14 <naobsd> Somasis: you can write any image except loader

05:19 <Somasis> where would I write the boot.img to, then?

05:22 <Somasis> I saw the stuff on the page about writing an image to the rock, and the section about doing it from the rock itself, but it sounds like that's assuming that you're using the default kernel, not mainline, and like it's for writing an image over the entire nand, not just the boot section

05:54 <naobsd> NAND is not supported on mainline

05:56 <Somasis> mm, alright, I wasn't sure if boot was stored on nand or something different. that makes sense.

06:37 <naobsd> ?

06:37 <naobsd> it depends on where you flashed

06:38 <naobsd> you said nand

06:38 <naobsd> you can use sd (sd is only usable media for RR Lite)

06:44 <Somasis> I have the boot parameter set to boot from my sd card

06:59 <naobsd> Somasis: where did you write boot.img?

07:00 <Somasis> to the nand

07:00 <naobsd> Somasis: which media (nand or sd) are you using to boot? (I'm not asking about how did you modify parameter file)

07:00 <naobsd> I see, nand

07:01 <Somasis> boot is on nand, root is on sd

07:01 <naobsd> then it's very clear where boot.img is stored

07:01 <Somasis> the wiki is less clear :)

07:01 <naobsd> I'm asking "what you did"

07:02 <naobsd> "boot is on nand" is not true for people who uses sd

07:02 <naobsd> not wiki issue

07:02 <Somasis> maybe I'm not explaining this right

07:03 <Somasis> what I did, was mkbootimg after compiling the kernel, and then I wrote it using upgrade_tool, to the boot partition of the nand

07:03 <Somasis> the kernel is on the nand, that's correct

07:03 <Somasis> the parameter is on the nand as well

07:03 <naobsd> write new image to boot partition on nand from running system on RR is possible if "running system on RR" support NAND

07:03 <Somasis> I understand that now

07:04 <naobsd> write new image to boot (and any other partitions) ...

07:04 <Somasis> okay

07:04 <naobsd> same for SD

07:04 <naobsd> ... if "running system on RR" support SD

07:05 <Somasis> alright then