Re: [Xenomai] kernel 3.12

[Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 04:09:32PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 11:01:40PM +0300, Ran Shalit wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Gilles Chanteperdrix
> > <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 07:38:45PM +0300, Ran Shalit wrote:
> > >> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Lennart Sorensen
> > >> <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> > >> > On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 10:21:50AM +0300, Ran Shalit wrote:
> > >> >> We intend to use ipipe with zynq (we already have 3.12.0 kernel used with zynq).
> > >> >> Do you think the patch should be relevant for zynq ?
> > >> >> I see that xilinx have their own patch , but it is for older kernel 2.6.3
> > >> >> http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Xenomai+for+Zynq#Xenomai for Zynq-7000 AP
> > >> >> SoC Linux--Patch
> 
> Actually that is xenomai 2.6.3 with 3.8 kernel patches.  2.6.4 is the
> latest xenomai 2, while current xenomai is now 3.x (which we have not
> yet moved to but really should at some point).
> 
> The fact it needs pre and post patches for zynq makes me suspect it
> might involve a bit more work, but maybe I am wrong.  I have never had
> to deal with pre and post patches.

pre and post patches allow applying an I-pipe patch to a vendor
kernel. They make it possible for the I-pipe patch to evolve with
little changes to the pre/post patches.

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