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

From: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
To: Lauren Post <Lauren.Post@freescale.com>
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: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:00:23 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAP9ODKr+eOkAmfbd43gKSQkZ4LDTcZ664u1GQzyUJ2wCdM4vPA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3310df336e324285a7539c861de00e93@DM2PR0301MB0701.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>

Hello folks,

On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Lauren Post <Lauren.Post@freescale.com> wrote:
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> - 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?

> - Eric's point about upgraded proprietary packages is a good one in that our next chance to update them will only be the 3.10.31 GA release so bugs reported earlier help us get these fixed for GA.

Eric concern, in my understanding, is about the ABI between the binary
blobs and the compatibility against kernel releases.

What has changed? What is needed to backport?

> - There is a higher chance of getting bugs fixed NOW for GA then after GA. Please submit bugs via bugzilla and forward me so I can forward to the teams to investigate.

Please subscribe to the Bugzilla so I can assign the current issues to
your account. This easy tracking of reported issues.

> - Everything for 3.10.31-1.1.0_beta is public on our external git - http://git.freescale.com/ and you can  build using our release layer on top of daisy http://git.freescale.com/git/cgit.cgi/imx/fsl-arm-yocto-bsp.git/tree/README?h=imx-3.10.31-1.1.0_beta  Try it before making a final decision.   Our patches will not be upstreamed until after our field trial concludes this week.

So folks, one question remain open:

Considering we go with option 2, as seem most people prefer, what to
do regarding the non-updated boards in meta-fsl-arm-extra?

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