From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from db9outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com (mail-db9lp0251.outbound.messaging.microsoft.com [213.199.154.251]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9A34E013A7 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:23:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail3-db9-R.bigfish.com (10.174.16.236) by DB9EHSOBE019.bigfish.com (10.174.14.82) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.1.225.22; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:23:21 +0000 Received: from mail3-db9 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail3-db9-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E4C0CC00C5; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:23:21 +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: -5 X-BigFish: VS-5(zzbb2dI98dI9371I119bI1432Izz1f42h208ch1ee6h1de0h1fdah2073h1202h1e76h1d1ah1d2ah1fc6hzz1de098h8275bh1de097hz2dh2a8h668h839h93fhd25he5bhf0ah1288h12a5h12a9h12bdh137ah13b6h1441h1504h1537h153bh162dh1631h1758h1765h18e1h190ch1946h19b4h19c3h1ad9h1b0ah1b2fh1fb3h1d0ch1d2eh1d3fh1dfeh1dffh1f5fh1fe8h1ff5h1155h) Received: from mail3-db9 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail3-db9 (MessageSwitch) id 1376328199139041_2321; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:23:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from DB9EHSMHS020.bigfish.com (unknown [10.174.16.238]) by mail3-db9.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CB45D40049; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:23:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.freescale.net (70.37.183.190) by DB9EHSMHS020.bigfish.com (10.174.14.30) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.16.227.3; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:23:12 +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 17:23:10 +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 r7CHN9uP024237; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:23:09 -0700 Message-ID: <5209192A.4050909@freescale.com> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:19:38 -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: Eric Nelson 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> <52091141.9090107@freescale.com> <52091653.1040204@boundarydevices.com> In-Reply-To: <52091653.1040204@boundarydevices.com> X-OriginatorOrg: freescale.com X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%0$Dn%*$RO%0$TLS%0$FQDN%$TlsDn% Cc: meta-freescale Mailing List , Otavio Salvador 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 17:23:27 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 08/12/2013 02:07 PM, Eric Nelson wrote: > On 08/12/2013 09:45 AM, Daiane Angolini wrote: >> 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'. > > Okay. I didn't mean to open a can of worms here. I was just trying > to simplify things. > >> >> 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. >> > > My bad. I figured since patches were being released into the wild, > this is officially "shared". If you try to look for the release under the normal freescale.com/imx you will not see it. Please, don't ask me what's the difference. > >>> >>>> 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 ;-) > > I'm not trying to get you in trouble, Daiane. Just trying to grok > the current status. I know that ;) > >> >> When I'm talking to meta-freescale I'm "Freescale". When I'm talking to >> guys inside Freescale, I'm "community". >> > > But but but, we're all the "community", right? > > We're all trying to get the best stuff into end-users' hands so they > can build great applications with a minimum of hassle! > >> 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. >> >> =( >> > > Sounds scary! Like there may be lawyers trolling there ;) lawyers, ninjas, gnomes, who knows? > > Regards, > > > Eric > -- Daiane