From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KK7S2-0003ff-OL for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:06:00 +0200 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KK7R8-0004LD-FF for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:05:02 +0000 Received: from host86-132-148-182.range86-132.btcentralplus.com ([86.132.148.182]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:05:02 +0000 Received: from k.kooi by host86-132-148-182.range86-132.btcentralplus.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:05:02 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: openembedded-devel@openembedded.org From: Koen Kooi Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:00:41 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4880715F.80707@atmel.com> <4880E6BF.3070102@atmel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host86-132-148-182.range86-132.btcentralplus.com User-Agent: Thunderbird/3.0a2pre (Macintosh; 2008062403) In-Reply-To: <4880E6BF.3070102@atmel.com> Sender: news Subject: Re: How update kernel recipe? X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:06:04 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ulf Samuelsson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Koen Kooi skrev: > | Ulf Samuelsson wrote: > | I have built "gpe-image" for AT91SAM9263EK > | after fixing libsvg-cairo manually due to the LT_VERSION problem. > | > | I would like to upgrade the kernel for AT91SAM9263EK. > | I created a recipe for linux-2.6.25.10 called > | "packages/linux/linux-atmel_2.6.25.10.bb" (found below) > | > |> Yuck! There is *absolutely* no need to define > |> > linux-we-are-so-cool-we-have-our-company-name-the-kernel-recipe-filename.bb > |> files, you should be perfectly able to reuse the linux_2.6.25 recipe, as > |> avr32 already does. > | > > You do not need to edit (and possibly destroy) > work done and used by others, but I do not have any problem > with using the linux_2.6.25 recipe, except is is 2.6.25 > and not 2.6.25.10. > > The AVR32 should be updated to patch with 2.6.25.10 as well... 2.6.25.10 for avr32 results in an unbootable kernel, so I'm leaving it at 2.6.25.6 as it is currently. > > If you have a number of linux_, some with and some > without support for your board, then it is harder to > get an overview which kernels are supported. > > Drawback would be if you lose out on interesting features > added by others by using a proprietary recipe. > > Very few machines seems to use the vanilla linux. > Is there any move to merge current boards into vanilla linux_ ? > > > BR > Ulf Samuelsson > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFIgOa/AyRRH5cXxqwRAvyPAKCHZUsROJ9+dx59KslBd/zvxH2fkwCgjZsF > 1BnWC6QuiFRXZ7n+jX9Ga58= > =EChk > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----