Discouraged kernels 2.6.35+?

Discouraged kernels 2.6.35+?

[Orjan Friberg]

Hi,

We're looking at upgrading our BeagleBoard-derived board to 2.6.35+. 
Out of the kernels available where COMPATIBLE_MACHINE=beagleboard, is 
there any we should avoid?  (The ones available are .35, .37, .38, and .39.)

I'm thinking if there was an aborted porting attempt at some stage, or 
if a kernel was ported but never saw any actual use.


Also, on the 2011.03-maintenance branch, are all kernels valid or should 
we stick to the default kernel (.32)?

Thanks,
Orjan

-- 
Orjan Friberg
FlatFrog Laboratories AB

Re: Discouraged kernels 2.6.35+?

[Henning Heinold]

Hi,

this depends on the features you need.

If you are needed to use the dsp you have to stick to .32
If you need the sgx running, the other kernels should work.

Bye Henning

Re: Discouraged kernels 2.6.35+?

[Orjan Friberg]

On 2011-07-06 11:52, Henning Heinold wrote:
> If you are needed to use the dsp you have to stick to .32

Are there DSP-related packages that don't work with later kernels 
(dsplink, codec engine) or something else?

-- 
Orjan Friberg
FlatFrog Laboratories AB

Re: Discouraged kernels 2.6.35+?

[Henning Heinold]

On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 12:21:03PM +0200, Orjan Friberg wrote:
> On 2011-07-06 11:52, Henning Heinold wrote:
>> If you are needed to use the dsp you have to stick to .32
>
> Are there DSP-related packages that don't work with later kernels  
> (dsplink, codec engine) or something else?

Hi again,

can't say for sure, that is only my knowledge from asking and hearing.

Koen Kooi may help you better or try to ask on the #beagle on irc.freenode.net

Bye Henning

Re: Discouraged kernels 2.6.35+?

[Enrico]

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Orjan Friberg <of@flatfrog.com> wrote:
> On 2011-07-06 11:52, Henning Heinold wrote:
>>
>> If you are needed to use the dsp you have to stick to .32
>
> Are there DSP-related packages that don't work with later kernels (dsplink,
> codec engine) or something else?

On an igep board i've tested gstreamer-ti and gst-dsp with kernels .35
(from igep git) and .39 (linux-omap_2.6.39 with custom configuration),
no problems so far.

Enrico

Re: Discouraged kernels 2.6.35+?

[Orjan Friberg]

On 2011-07-06 13:13, Henning Heinold wrote:
> Koen Kooi may help you better or try to ask on the #beagle on irc.freenode.net

Got an answer from Koen there ("use the angstrom default kernel", 
basically).

Thanks,
Orjan

-- 
Orjan Friberg
FlatFrog Laboratories AB

Re: Discouraged kernels 2.6.35+?

[Orjan Friberg]

On 2011-07-06 19:10, Enrico wrote:
> On an igep board i've tested gstreamer-ti and gst-dsp with kernels .35
> (from igep git) and .39 (linux-omap_2.6.39 with custom configuration),
> no problems so far.

Thanks, good to know.

-- 
Orjan Friberg
FlatFrog Laboratories AB