From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from co1outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com (co1ehsobe002.messaging.microsoft.com [216.32.180.185]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43ADEE013A7 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:49:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail2-co1-R.bigfish.com (10.243.78.242) by CO1EHSOBE024.bigfish.com (10.243.66.87) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.1.225.22; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:49:28 +0000 Received: from mail2-co1 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail2-co1-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2E917800CB; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:49:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: CIP:70.37.183.190; KIP:(null); UIP:(null); IPV:NLI; H:mail.freescale.net; RD:none; EFVD:NLI X-SpamScore: -3 X-BigFish: VS-3(zzbb2dI98dI9371I1432Izz1f42h208ch1ee6h1de0h1fdah2073h1202h1e76h1d1ah1d2ah1fc6hzz1de098h8275bh1de097hz2dh2a8h668h839h947he5bhf0ah1288h12a5h12a9h12bdh137ah13b6h1441h1504h1537h153bh162dh1631h1758h1765h18e1h190ch1946h19b4h19c3h1ad9h1b0ah1b2fh1fb3h1d0ch1d2eh1d3fh1dfeh1dffh1fe8h1ff5h1889i1155h) Received: from mail2-co1 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail2-co1 (MessageSwitch) id 1376326167827135_24567; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:49:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from CO1EHSMHS004.bigfish.com (unknown [10.243.78.233]) by mail2-co1.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC542560047; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:49:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.freescale.net (70.37.183.190) by CO1EHSMHS004.bigfish.com (10.243.66.14) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.16.227.3; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:49:27 +0000 Received: from tx30smr01.am.freescale.net (10.81.153.31) by 039-SN1MMR1-002.039d.mgd.msft.net (10.84.1.15) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.136.1; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:49:26 +0000 Received: from [10.29.244.63] ([10.29.244.63]) by tx30smr01.am.freescale.net (8.14.3/8.14.0) with ESMTP id r7CGnOpL003485; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:49:25 -0700 Message-ID: <52091141.9090107@freescale.com> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:45:53 -0300 From: Daiane Angolini User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130803 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Otavio Salvador References: <1374605958-21049-1-git-send-email-otavio@ossystems.com.br> <1374605958-21049-2-git-send-email-otavio@ossystems.com.br> <5206821C.3030903@boundarydevices.com> <5206BADC.9090702@boundarydevices.com> <5208EB92.3010108@boundarydevices.com> <520903BB.4020509@boundarydevices.com> In-Reply-To: X-OriginatorOrg: freescale.com X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%0$Dn%*$RO%0$TLS%0$FQDN%$TlsDn% Cc: meta-freescale Mailing List Subject: Re: [meta-fsl-arm-extra PATCH 2/2] linux-boundary: Add support to Vivante 4.6.9p12 GPU code X-BeenThere: meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Usage and development list for the meta-fsl-* layers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:49:31 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 08/12/2013 01:34 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Eric Nelson > wrote: >> On 08/12/2013 08:18 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Eric Nelson >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 08/12/2013 05:50 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Eric Nelson >>>>> 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. > > I think the recommendation is to stay in their 'official' and 'test' > set of packages so I think it is better to have p12 support as patches > so it is clear it is something we are doing 'by ourselves'. 3.5.7-1.0.0 - is an alpha release. It does not have the same "stability" comparing with a GA release. It is not shared with *all* customers. > >> There's no reason someone using another userspace builder >> can't patch their process to update things. > > Well yes but it makes their life harder and a branch which won't work > with 'official' package set. So I think patches are the way to go for > now. > >> That said, I haven't quite heard this as Freescale's recommendation. >> Daiane, I don't suppose you want to stick your neck out...? > > Poor Daiane ;-) When I'm talking to meta-freescale I'm "Freescale". When I'm talking to guys inside Freescale, I'm "community". Here, I can only say public and official stuff. If you need Freescale's help, please enter a SR or a question on imx-community. =( -- Daiane