From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <511CD1F2.50307@xenomai.org> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:00:50 +0100 From: Gilles Chanteperdrix MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Xenomai] Kernel choice for Xenomai on the Beagle Bone List-Id: Discussions about the Xenomai project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Jonathan Wallace Cc: xenomai@xenomai.org On 02/14/2013 01:09 AM, Jonathan Wallace wrote: > First I just want to say that I've been doing a lot of reading in the > archives of this mailing list and I'm really impressed with the community, > I'm excited to get my project going with this software! > > I'm really just trying to get my bearings before I start mucking around and > one question has been lingering during all my research that I've yet to see > a clear answer for. I'ts one that seems to come up every now and then here, > and I hope I'm not beating a dead horse with it. > > Essentially I want to know what kernel I should apply the Xenomai patches > against. From what I've read, the naming conventions on the adeos patches > in .../xenomai-2.6.2.1/ksrc/arch/arm/patches/ should indicate the latest > suitable kernel version with which the patch will work. As of yesterday, > that appears to be ipipe-core-3.5.7-arm-3.patch. I have two hesitations > though. The first is the arm-3 suffix, does this imply some sort of > processor restriction e.g. no compatibility with ARMv7 isa or > something? No, it is a version number of the I-pipe patch. > And my second hesitation > is that the 3.5.7 kernel is currently EOL. Would it be a wiser choice to > use 3.4.30 which is still supported? There is also an I-pipe patch for Linux 3.4, you may use that one if you prefer. -- Gilles.