From: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
To: Andray Kaganovsky <andrayk@fcibroadband.com>
Cc: linux-omap-open-source@linux.omap.com
Subject: Re: most recent kernel version to use with OMAP2420
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:29:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070627062908.GA2225@atomide.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1182892909.3642.21.camel@linux>
* Andray Kaganovsky <andrayk@fcibroadband.com> [070626 14:25]:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to figure out which kernel version should I use with
> my OMAP2420 board (I would prefer one of the most recent versions).
>
> I have downloaded repository from
> git://source.mvista.com/git/linux-omap-2.6.git, and found that
> it contains few dozens of kernel versions; ten of them
> have "omap" as part of their names:
>
> v2.6.13-omap1
> v2.6.14-rc1-omap1
> v2.6.15-omap2
> v2.6.16-omap1
> v2.6.16-omap2
> v2.6.17-omap1
> v2.6.17-omap2
> v2.6.18-omap1
> v2.6.19-omap1
> v2.6.21-omap1
>
> Are the "omap" versions specifically patched for OMAP boards ? Do
> I have a better chance of getting "omap" versions to work with
> OMAP2420 board then the versions which don't have "omap" in their
> names ?
Yes, -omap kernels are "stable" snapshots from linux-omap tree.
They have more boards and drivers compared to Linus' tree.
I recommend using the linux-omap git tree or latest stable
release.
> Does anybody actually got any of these versions to work with
> OMAP2420 ?
At least TI H4 and Nokia N800 are well supported in the
linux-omap tree. Adding new boards is trivial.
> Thanks in advance and regards,
No problem,
Tony
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-27 6:29 UTC|newest]
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2007-06-26 21:21 most recent kernel version to use with OMAP2420 Andray Kaganovsky
2007-06-27 6:29 ` Tony Lindgren [this message]
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