Re: i.MX 3.10.31-1.1.0_beta release - community feedback requested

From: "Sébastien Taylor" <me@staylor.ca>
To: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
Cc: "meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org" <meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org>
Subject: Re: i.MX 3.10.31-1.1.0_beta release - community feedback requested
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:32:27 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <03FB412A-820F-4142-9EFD-94A81C19C780@staylor.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP9ODKr+eOkAmfbd43gKSQkZ4LDTcZ664u1GQzyUJ2wCdM4vPA@mail.gmail.com>

On Aug 19, 2014, at 2:00 PM, Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br> wrote:

> Hello folks,
> 
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Lauren Post <Lauren.Post@freescale.com> wrote:
> ...
>> - Soon 3.10.17 and 3.10.31 graphics will be  independent from kernel and would be able to be mixed with each kernel  meaning you could use 3.10.31 kernel with v4 graphics (3.10.17)
> 
> This is a great step in the right direction. So this alleviate part of
> the trouble we have across vendors. So is it going to be done for the
> 3.10.31 GA? or still for the Beta?
> 
> What about the VPU? Is 3.10.31 VPU packages compatible with 3.10.17?
> 

To me this is the biggest push for 3.10.31.  GPU driver/library updates are few and far between, and are badly needed.  Keeping the two separate would make it easier to pull in GPU updates without having to do the full kernel updates.

As a bonus, RELEASE NOTES for GPU driver/library updates would be greatly appreciated.