From e3488339cd07a4b70d313be53b3723ff84b42862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Stone Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:05:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added further information to README.md --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 70433f5..975b0f6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The components used on our test device were as follows: 1 x Raspberry Pi Model B Revision 2 1 x MicroUSB 1500mA Power Supply -1 x Powered USB 3.0 Hub with 10 ports +1 x Powered USB Hub with 10 ports/7 ports (see notes on hardware compatibility) 10 x USB MicroSD Card Adaptors We recommend running Arch Linux ARM on the Raspberry Pi due to it being a simple lightweight linux distro that boots in around 10-20 seconds. We used Nginx with php-fpm as we found early on that Apache2 isn't particulary stable on the Raspberry Pi and consumes a large amount of resources when compared to Nginx. @@ -16,4 +16,14 @@ We will make an image file available of the complete Arch Linux ARM Image with O This project was created by Matthew Stone (matthew.stone@rockandscissor.com) and released under the GNU GPLv3 license by Rock & Scissor Enterprises Limited. -If you have any questions/comments/feedback please contact Matthew on the email listed above and he'll do his best to help you out. \ No newline at end of file +If you have any questions/comments/feedback please contact Matthew on the email listed above and he'll do his best to help you out. + +Known Bugs +========== + + + +Hardware Compatibility +====================== + +It's worth noting that our initial prototype kept causing kernal panics when we tried to write to the memory sticks. We narrowed this down to the TeckNet USB 3.0 10-port hub we had purchased not being compatible with the Raspberry Pi, whether this is because of it being a USB 3.0 hub (the RPi is USB 2.0), or more likely power issues backfeeding into the RPi, we decided to obtain a new hub based on the list confirmed to work with the RPi found at http://elinux.org/RPi_Powered_USB_Hubs.