Re: Freescale meta-freescale announcement of new layer

["Robert E. Cochran" <yocto@mindchasers.com>]

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On 03/10/2016 04:54 AM, Zhenhua Luo wrote:
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> Please see my inline comments.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Zhenhua
>
> *From:*meta-freescale-bounces@yoctoproject.org 
> [mailto:meta-freescale-bounces@yoctoproject.org] *On Behalf Of *Robert 
> E. Cochran
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 09, 2016 11:38 PM
> *To:* Lauren Post <Lauren.Post@freescale.com>; 
> meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org
> *Cc:* otavio.salvador@ossystems.com.br
> *Subject:* Re: [meta-freescale] Freescale meta-freescale announcement 
> of new layer
>
> On 06/29/2015 02:38 PM, Lauren Post wrote:
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>     Freescale is pleased to announce the *meta-**freescale*layer which
>     unifies i.MX andQorIQYoctoProject support  into a single
>
>     YoctoProject layer supporting both i.MX ARM andQorIQARM and
>     PowerPC architectures.  We lookforwardtohearingyour
>
>     feedbackonhowtheconsolidationofi.MXandQorIQcanimprovetheYoctoProjectexperience.
>     Ourgoalistohaveone
>
>     buildenvironmentthatsupportsbothi.MXandQorIQmachines.
>
>     Through 2015 until the end of the year, official releases will
>     continue to be done on theYoctoProject layers for i.MX and
>
>     QorIQused so far(meta-fsl-bsp-release, meta-fsl-arm, and
>     meta-fsl-ppc). For the new meta-freescalelayer, releases will
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>     be performed on a monthly basis, addingbugfixesas well as updates
>     from the meta-fsl-arm and meta-fsl-ppclayers.
>
>     At the end of the year, when meta-freescaleis stable, meta-fsl-arm
>     and meta-fsl-ppcwill be deprecated and only
>
>     meta-freescalewill be used for Freescale releases.
>
>
> Hi Lauren and others,
>
> Can you please provide an update on FSL's / NXP's plans to maintain 
> repos with the latest patches for QorIQ Power and ARM when working 
> with the Yocto/Poky master branches?
>
> */[Luo Zhenhua-B19537] we are working on the transfer from 
> meta-fsl-arm/ppc to meta-freescale currently, the goal is to finish 
> the transfer for Yocto 2.2 release. /*
>
>
> I'm aware of three repo locations:
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> 1) meta-fsl-arm and mets-fsl-ppc on yoctoproject.org: both master 
> branches have been updated in the past couple of weeks.  It seems that 
> these were not deprecated as planned.
>
> 2) meta-freescale on freescale.com.  The fido_freescale_qoriq_sdk_v1.9 
> branch looks like it was used to stage SDK1.9, and it also received 
> some additional commits beyond the SDK.  However, it hasn't received 
> any patches this year.
>
> 3) meta-freescale on github.com/Freescale  ( community site ).  This 
> is an active repo, but I think it has fallen behind with QorIQ-related 
> patches.
>
>
> Are there other repos where NXP / FSL are posting patches?
>
> */[Luo Zhenhua-B19537] meta-freescale replaced meta-fsl-arn/ppc since 
> QorIQ SDK 1.9, that’s why you can see fido_freescale_qoriq_sdk_v1.9 
> branch in git.freescale.com. The QorIQ SDK release will be upstreamed 
> to both meta-fsl-arm/ppc(git.yoctoproject.org) and 
> meta-freescale(github.com) until meta-freescale replaces 
> meta-fsl-arm/ppc completely. /*
>
> Please let us know how the Freescale QorIQ developers plan to use 
> particular repos moving forward.  Or in other words, if I'm building 
> QorIQ Power and LS1 ARM based Yocto images using master branches on 
> yoctoproject.org, which QorIQ repos and branches should I be using & 
> patching?
>
> */[Luo Zhenhua-B19537] QorIQ SDK will use meta-freescale layer in 
> future, so the suggestions is to use this layer for your changes. /*
>

Hi Zhenhau,

Thank you for the reply.   Where will the meta-freescale layer / repo be 
located?  I would like to see one created on yoctoproject.org with a 
master branch.   Currently the meta-freescale layer on freescale.com 
doesn't have a master branch.

I ask that either you or someone else inside NXP sends out an 
announcement when this switch officially takes place.

Bob




> *//*
>
>
> Could we also get an update on when we'll see QorIQ kernel recipes for 
> a 4.x kernel ( looks like both linux-ls1 and linux-qoriq are still at 
> 3.12)?
>
> */[Luo Zhenhua-B19537] The kernel will be upgraded to 4.1 in QorIQ SDK 
> 2.0 which will be released in Q2/2016. You will see the new kernel in 
> community meta-fsl-arm/ppc and meta-freescale layer in the early of 
> Q3/2016. /*
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>
> *//*
>
>     The first beta release of meta-freescale on the
>     branch*transition_beta1* is available now on git.freescale.com
>     [1]. This release gathers
>
>     all of meta-fsl-arm andQorIQSDK 1.7 into one layer, including
>     allgithistory, and includes the release branch *fido_freescale*
>
>     based on the FSL Community BSP 1.8fidobranch [2]. Detailed
>     information about each release is available in the README [3].
>
>     The second beta release will be at the end of July and will add
>     support for i.MX 7Dual, i.MX 6UltraLite and i.MX 6QuadPlus,
>
>     as well asQorIQSDK 1.8.
>
>     We look forward to feedback from the community to help build a
>     betterYoctoProject environment.
>
>     Instructions to download the manifest are in the README link below.
>
>     $: repoinit-u git://git.freescale.com/yocto/fsl-yocto-repo.git -b
>     transition_beta1
>
>     [1]http://git.freescale.com/git/cgit.cgi/yocto/
>
>     [2]http://freescale.github.io/doc/release-notes/1.8/
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>     [3]http://git.freescale.com/git/cgit.cgi/yocto/fsl-yocto-repo.git/tree/README
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