Re: [meta-fsl-arm-extra PATCH 2/2] linux-boundary: Add support to Vivante 4.6.9p12 GPU code

[Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com>]

On 08/12/2013 08:18 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Eric Nelson
> <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com> wrote:
>> On 08/12/2013 05:50 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Eric Nelson
>>> <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com> wrote:
>>>> Right now, gpu-viv-bin-mx6q-3.5.7-1.0.0-hfp.bin only supports hard
>>>> float. Will the EABI (4.0.0) binaries continue to be supported or
>>>> will there be a corresponding package of EABI binaries?
>>>
>>> There's also a gpu-viv-bin-mx6q-3.5.7-1.0.0-sfp.bin and it is taken in
>>> case you're building for Soft Float-Point. It should 'Just Work'.
>>>
>>
>> If that's the case, we can just push the patches onto our
>> main branch and not deal with the old/new GPU package question.
>
> Not really as it will make impossible for your customers to use the
> kernel with LTIB at 4.0.0 BSP (well, I'd love they stop using it
> but...).
>

It's not just LTIB that's a question mark. The same comment
goes for Debian, Buildroot, Timesys, Ubuntu, Arch or home-brew
userspaces.

If it's Freescale's recommendation that this GPU package is
the **right** one for production use, our primary kernel
branch should probably reflect that.

There's no reason someone using another userspace builder
can't patch their process to update things.

That said, I haven't quite heard this as Freescale's recommendation.
Daiane, I don't suppose you want to stick your neck out...?

Regards,


Eric