From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id 33731E007A0; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:45:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] * -0.7 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, low * trust * [209.85.220.54 listed in list.dnswl.org] Received: from mail-pa0-f54.google.com (mail-pa0-f54.google.com [209.85.220.54]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8885E00749 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:45:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pa0-f54.google.com with SMTP id rd3so8622373pab.13 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:45:42 -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=DhpPexu4yWAVE2Y51iqaQxfQ0KEcPrxTBc8NNhbbp5E=; b=kdgjAKgzoXCCXH+5WtnvdygCS5eAF/LDwRHZrxSOIqMdyYMPLCHfbffwPQwX9z4kEq 4CgwTwEJWQqlM0VcvmxvRfk8sEdaCt64t3Qe+nSEVIN0rQBMcZHYr9ENK6qlmtVi5NMT DOMvC839oPA1YIajs8IEvROiVk0CO/w7yIlrwEQy5OTVpYRvIPUOI82Yt/Grgx8IRhtj 1HKeW1EZJ0CVNrPdub36w/6/DidaILzuQWwsBFCnaTSAxxQXHsaVBPSkt8AzoYqyjQCm z7JauSaz3l+Mb7xuXuLqrhTadsyNf9nTyeusp/uRmIOgALln8M/yY/nU8KY3iZZXsKER pR7g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkXT5jaoiOVTIxK4scer5QaCnnYc1yvVVf/7j7cU8GT4uCq4pbwRsODq3aes54E8EaLIL9m X-Received: by 10.66.148.74 with SMTP id tq10mr7599518pab.122.1414795542382; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:45:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.180] (wsip-70-184-93-199.ph.ph.cox.net. [70.184.93.199]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id w1sm10850750pdc.44.2014.10.31.15.45.40 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:45:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <54541113.6090209@boundarydevices.com> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:45:39 -0700 From: Eric Nelson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lauren Post , "meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org" References: <5453B11F.2040400@boundarydevices.com> <25aee1e803c14d12b848dd50687f37c9@CY1PR0301MB0700.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <25aee1e803c14d12b848dd50687f37c9@CY1PR0301MB0700.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Subject: Re: L3.10.17_1.0.2 Release ABI changes 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: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 22:45:46 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Thanks Lauren, On 10/31/2014 12:10 PM, Lauren Post wrote: > > In this case I would keep kernel and graphics together as this is > primarily a graphics update (half the patches in kernel are for graphics > driver updates. > > Lauren > > -----Original Message----- > From: meta-freescale-bounces@yoctoproject.org [mailto:meta-freescale-bounces@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Eric Nelson > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 10:56 AM > To: meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org > Subject: [meta-freescale] L3.10.17_1.0.2 Release ABI changes > > Hi all, > > I just downloaded the release notes for the L3.10.17_1.0.2 kernel release: > https://community.freescale.com/docs/DOC-102677 > > The kernel patches are easy to identify, and rebasing our 3.10.17_1.0.1_ga branch on top of them was pretty trivial. > > The documentation (file i.MX_6_Yocto_Project_Patch_Release.pdf) > refers to updates to updates though: > > • Graphics: gpu-viv-bin-mx6q, 3.10.17_1.0.2 > • Graphics: gpu-viv-g2d, 3.10.17_1.0.2 > • Graphics: Xorg-driver, 3.10.17_1.0.2 > > A quick scan of the kernel patches doesn't show any obvious ABI changes, but since some bits are only accessible through the closed-source libraries, it's hard to tell. > > In particular, it's not clear whether the changes (additions) to enum _gcePATCH_ID require a simultaneous kernel/library update. > > If so, then I'm not sure how/when to push an update to meta-fsl-arm-extra for our kernel, since it will need to be coordinated with meta-fsl-arm/recipes-graphics (and probably other vendor kernels). > FWIW, the GPU appears to operate normally with the 3.10.17_1.0.2 kernel updates and **without** the updates to gpu-viv-bin-mx6q, gpu-viv-g2d, and xf86-video-imxfb-vivante. Regards, Eric