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How to install Hifiberry driver without sudo rpi-update

Marco Anfossi

March 19, 2014 14:08

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Hi,
I've a Raspberry with Adafruit 2.8 TFT display. Adafruit display has its own kernel + bootloader. If I install HifiBerry DAC driver using

sudo rpi-update

command, Adafruit display stops working. Is there a way to install your driver without rpi-update?

Thanks
Marco

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  HiFiBerry team March 19, 2014 14:13

  Hi Marco,
  
  the HiFiBerry driver is part of the official Raspberry kernel. I guess, there is a patch for the Adafruit display against the official kernel. You can patch the official kernel with the Adafruit patch and compile a new kernel. However I don't know the Adafruit driver. I recommend asking the Adafruit developers how to add their patch to the official kernel.
  
  Best regards
  Daniel
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  Marco Anfossi March 19, 2014 15:05

  Ok, I'll try to contact them. This morning I've tried to follow the procedure to install HiFiBerry modules but when I execute rpi-update, it says
  
  *** Your firmware is already up to date
  
  I've also modified /etc/modules as described, rebooted my raspberry, but it seems modules are not recognized...
  
  aplay -l doesn't display the board and executing the test I'm not able to hear any sounds...
  
  Thanks
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  HiFiBerry team March 19, 2014 23:02

  Dear Marco,
  
  please run the "check-system" script as describes here: http://www.hifiberry.com/products/dac/hifiberry-dac-software/
  This will show if all modules are correctly installed and configured.
  
  Best regards
  Daniel