From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pa0-f51.google.com (mail-pa0-f51.google.com [209.85.220.51]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F9B5E01638 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 09:51:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pa0-f51.google.com with SMTP id kp14so1285511pab.10 for ; Wed, 02 Oct 2013 09:51:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=VVtk6MSfxG4ujkrucINRFnrMl101rzAR2jmd/LMZU1g=; b=YOuwucfg2alv/51+XS9ZMrwp+7lPE/b3qqF8GCDB+DdQg+R/mMnGKfvoQ3WBL+J9V4 EihfWcl6Jtsgei572i5kIplTSQc0oVWlF4xAY8OAXpxWLV1gvxOwJuMQkraK/PjnGpnj gxEwIfgkSn/nuR5MXncAkPuCpbSYzt4C3+p2gpZRJkkuVlY2hD/XOvaY/JkrS545MdsP RA1xJR72Ef0RWsC1u7ngQ29nzsLLTHlGSs2evSSWLwPBgjfWmT9eBsi6V0YADE8M9Fdt aJpuNTzq44WCNe2CorPfs+YNpReqmBNYS7RzB9nYsOOuN6ldwXf6LYyS6n7+zZABAYRa kBRA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnETlmgIIo/lhBybo3qdO9Kyu5B7HBuGNek5IBzEIJTbywFtqUNcrQmPT/LgfFO9lEkrHNy X-Received: by 10.68.209.232 with SMTP id mp8mr3582160pbc.129.1380732686670; Wed, 02 Oct 2013 09:51:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.15] ([70.96.116.236]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id b3sm2945972pbu.38.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 02 Oct 2013 09:51:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <524C4F0B.9070604@boundarydevices.com> Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 09:51:23 -0700 From: Eric Nelson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Post Lauren-RAA013 , "meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org" References: <2BC32295742BF14CA5950C3659567EB677A2ED@039-SN1MPN1-003.039d.mgd.msft.net> <1412123.FJqSlycNOL@localhost.localdomain> <524C2625.2000109@freescale.com> <524C330B.4020404@boundarydevices.com> <2BC32295742BF14CA5950C3659567EB677A6A5@039-SN1MPN1-003.039d.mgd.msft.net> In-Reply-To: <2BC32295742BF14CA5950C3659567EB677A6A5@039-SN1MPN1-003.039d.mgd.msft.net> Subject: Re: Request to integrate freescale i.mx 3.10.9-1.0.0 alpha release into dora branch of meta-fsl-arm 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: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 16:51:29 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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