Re: Request to integrate freescale i.mx 3.10.9-1.0.0 alpha release into dora branch of meta-fsl-arm

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

Thanks Lauren,

These details are very helpful.

On 10/02/2013 08:41 AM, Post Lauren-RAA013 wrote:
> 3.10.9 will be a GA kernel by early next year.
>
> 3.5.7-alpha2 is just graphics package (fixes beyond 3.0.35-4.1.0
 > based on p12 version)
 >
And Device-tree support... This clearly made major strides leading to
3.10 and main-line.

> 3.10.9-1.0.0_alpha graphics is still p12 based with additional fixes
 > beyond 3.5.7-alpha2 so it should replace 3.5.7-alpha2.

Thanks again. We should be able to examine the changes and
look for ABI-compatibility.

 > 3.10.9 also provides full Weston-wayland support.
>
> We understand that 3.0.35-4.1.0 is the current GA current and is preferred
 > by those wanting a stable kernel.  Just note that the non-kernel
 > packages are pretty close to the 3.0.35-4.1.0 release that just
 > came out in August so I'm not that worried about stability.
 >

Stability hasn't been an issue with our testing of 3.5.7, but
there were significant gaps for things like PCIe, cameras, and
such (at least for us).

 > I built with community 3.0.35 and community uboot 2013.10 and
 > had no problems with non-kernel 3.10.9 components.
 >
> Unfortunately  we don't have test resources to test 3.0.35-4.1.0
 > with 3.10.9-1.0.0 non-kernel components but my sanity test showed
 > it worked.  Imx-test requires one update for a header name change
 > between the kernels that I've sent to Otavio.
>

We should be able to help here. After all, "community" is a two-way
street, right?

> The 3.10.9 release has all the imx6 boards including imx6 solo
 > lite and it went through a full test cycle for our alpha release
 > (and will go through more test cycles for beta and ga).
>
> The goal is to get this integrated so that our GA 3.10.9 kernel
 > will be on a stable yocto branch.
 >
 > Our future 3.10.9 beta and GA will be based on the dora branch
 > not the master branch.
>
> Our other option is just release on our release layer
 > meta-fsl-bsp-release and that is normally our plan but since
 > dora is just coming out we asked for an exception for this
 > time since our GA will be complete far before Yocto 1.6 is available.
>
Sounds good to me.

Regards,


Eric