Yeah, the PRU would be a great example in this context. No other processor manufacture has a PRU on their ARM die. Since this is "non standard" in the context of mainline Linux. "Something" additional must be done outside of mainline Linux.
On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 2:57 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > William, thanks for all the info. Good to know Robert is "The Man". I > will > > try working though the link to his stuff. > > > > Re my comment about kernel.org - I am unfamiliar with the > behind-the-scenes > > operation, but from what I observe > > the source from kernel.org supports many arm processors and boards. At > some > > point a new board comes along and > > people start with the tree from kernel.org and make changes in their own > > separate tree to support the new board. > > Later these changes are merged into a new version that is available from > > kernel.org, which I was calling "official" > > for lack of a better term. > > > > Anyway... setting aside my poor terminology... is is not clear to me when > > kernel.org becomes the best place to grab from. > > It sounds like for the BBB it is not. i.e. Roberts stuff is best. > > mainline kernel.org runs fine.. > > It's just a lot of advanced things like the pru still need some work.. > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > https://rcn-ee.com/ > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
