From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from eumx.net (eumx.net [91.82.101.43]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9715AE0032E for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:42:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40664 helo=eumx.net) by eumx.net with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TMgRA-0003vN-29 for meta-ti@yoctoproject.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:42:04 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=eumx.net; h=message-id :date:from:reply-to:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=y+Sgt6FrDvdzOyeL30oGpE34GhM=; b=FaKO+2YAVmtkftyruuV0i0r8czye s9rxD/hEElaR/3pVJKxoCAp5JqwQ6Cck2KGdXSPGisA5s2grs3QRQkvEjJfyimt7 ts++n/mFrvc/nJQlqW0sCZUEByvg0eGvtnlEnruNITwV9Y+UWHbwsq8Hm7+ZEu+d peb2bjPCKiVm+tY= Received: from [195.171.99.130] (port=47444 helo=[192.168.0.79]) by eumx.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TMgR9-0003vK-W4 for meta-ti@yoctoproject.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:42:04 +0000 Message-ID: <50782CAB.6050500@communistcode.co.uk> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:43:55 +0100 From: Jack Mitchell User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120910 Thunderbird/15.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meta-ti@yoctoproject.org References: <5077EFE3.7000603@communistcode.co.uk> <20121012140425.GB26956@edge> In-Reply-To: <20121012140425.GB26956@edge> Subject: Re: Introducing meta-beagleboard X-BeenThere: meta-ti@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: ml@communistcode.co.uk List-Id: Usage and development list for the meta-ti layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:42:05 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 12/10/12 15:04, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:24:35AM +0100, Jack Mitchell wrote: >> On 11/10/12 16:46, Jason Kridner wrote: >>> To help foster fast development, future releases of the Angstrom >>> Distribution that ships with BeagleBoard.org platforms (such as >>> BeagleBone and BeagleBoard-xM) will be built using meta-beagleboard, >>> rather than meta-ti. While this produces the seemingly undesirable >>> effect of providing yet-another-BSP for BeagleBoard.org platforms, >>> collaboration in the mainline kernel and bootloaders that are the key >>> elements for the BSPs has made this possible and multiple goals for >>> the various BSPs has made it desirable. >>> >>> The objectives for meta-beagleboard are: >>> 1) Provide the best possible out-of-box-experience for BeagleBoard.org platforms >>> 2) Enable as much add-on hardware as possible >>> 3) Enable public contributions to extend the experience and hardware support >>> 4) Deliver information to the BeagleBoard.org community regarding the >>> development status >>> >>> The repository will be hosted at: >>> https://github.com/beagleboard/meta-beagleboard >> Great news! Will the kernel in this BSP be attempting to follow >> mainline + public patches? I'm chomping at the bit for an easy way >> to build a tested DT kernel with recent patches. > Jack, > > Here's a little bit of information to help you and others understand the > situation a bit better. > > The beagleboard kernel recipe in meta-ti was already following mainline + > public patches. As of the beaglebone: > > The mainline kernel team for am335x inside TI has been hard at work pushing > patches upstream for quite a while now. You can see significant improvements > in the mainline kernel already, even in 3.6, when it comes to supporting > am335x. But the goal is to have most, if not all, of the features in place by > the time Linus releases 3.8 kernel. According to the schedule, that is around > the end of this year or early next year. > > Due to limited resources of testing and validation, the integration team > decided to not spend time on kernels between the last staging (i.e. PSP) 3.2 > kernel and 3.8, when everything is available in mainline. > > Unfortunately, that does not work for BeagleBoard.org and Koen needs mainline > support sooner, integrating incomplete 3.6 and 3.7 with the work-in-progress > patches. That's one of the points behind creating meta-beagleboard layer. > > That said, meta-ti will also be switching to the mainline kernel once it is > available, i.e. with 3.8 release. It's just that meta-beagleboard gets there > sooner... :) > Perfect, thank you Denys. That also explains why the PSP releases for the BBone haven't been very forthcoming. I have been watching the mainline patches come in but didn't realise that TI were heading for 3.8 'full' support. I will be looking forward to it, I can almost taste that eDMA Cheers, -- Jack Mitchell (jack@embed.me.uk) Embedded Systems Engineer http://www.embed.me.uk --