Re: [meta-raspberrypi][PATCH 4/5] linux-raspberrypi: Add a 4.1 linux kernel with vc4 support

[Andrei Gherzan <andrei@gherzan.ro>]

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 09:59:30AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> Hello Andrei,
>
> On 08/10/2015 12:54 AM, Andrei Gherzan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:34:10AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> >> From: Derek Foreman <derekf@osg.samsung.com>
> >>
> >> This adds Eric Anholt's WIP kernel with dri/kms/3d support for the GPU on
> >> the rpi2. Adding a recipe that tracks this kernel, will make it easier to
> >> test this setup.
> >>
> >> This recipe should only used for testing purposes for now, so it will not
> >> be set as the default.
> >>
> >> The kernel will be choosen though if the "vc4-gfx" feature has been added
> >> to the the DISTRO_FEATURES variable.
> >>
> >
> > It was said before - it seems like this is a MACHINE_FEATURE. I know you will
> > address this in V2.
> >
>
> Yes, but since it was decided to add a new kernel recipe for the linux vc4
> kernel and changing the default providers manually aided by a comment, the
> "vc4-gfx" feature may not be necessary and I could drop it in v2. If found
> to still be necessary, I'll add it as a MACHINE_FEATURE though.
>

Yup. Let's have this as the first step. And we will see if additional bits are
needed.

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Andrei Gherzan