Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Latest uhd and e100 fpga image seemingly incompatible

[Josh Blum]

On 03/14/2011 12:04 PM, Phelps Williams wrote:
> I completed building and installing uhd and gnuradio on an e100 last night
> following the directions here:
> http://code.ettus.com/redmine/ettus/projects/usrpe1xx/wiki/FAQ
> 
> I copied usrp_e100_fpga.bin from the tarball here:
> http://www.ettus.com/downloads/uhd_images/UHD-images-most-recent/ into
> /usr/share/uhd/images/ and rebooted several times (assuming the fpga image
> is reloaded on every boot, is this necessary?).  When running
> benchmark_rx_rate I get the error "Error (usrp-e recv pirate loop): bad vrt
> header or invalid packet length"  (See below for full runtime log).
> 

Actually, it should be rejecting the image you loaded because it needs
compat 0x3 and that image is 0x2. You sure the latest UHD in installed?

The most recent image for the current master isnt in a package:
see usrp_e100_fpga_compat3_feb_25.bin in
http://www.ettus.com/downloads/uhd_images/UHD-images-most-recent/

See the note at the bottom for this announcement:
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/1166459

-Josh