Hi All, After the recent thread about interview questions to Allwinner, https://groups.google.com/d/topic/linux-sunxi/OMe3pcilb3Y/discussion I got an email from Kevin (Allwinner, Manager at Linux kernel development group) and Sugar (Allwinner, Linux kernel development group) that they will provide technical support to the community directly. I cc: both of them in this mail.
One of the important issues is that of the documentation and the availability of official documentation for the Axx range of Allwinner SoCs. So, I asked for that and got a reply that 1. Allwinner has set up a team to deal with those documents. 2. It will take a bit of time to produce the documents, and the first delivery is expected in September. 3. It will include a. user manual, b. datasheet and c. schematics 4. From them on, once a document is ready, it will be released as soon as possible. I think this is good news regarding the documentation, and I am looking forward to the first delivery. The other issue is that of "mainlining", getting Allwinner chipset support in the latest version of the Linux kernel. There is a wiki page for that, at http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort There are several drivers that need work, and I think it is best to start off with something small. I had a chat with Jon and he suggested (among others) LRADC. Regarding the LRADC, there is a patch by Hans de Goede, http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2014-January/thread.html#222516 This patch was sent for inclusion to the mainline, but was not accepted yet. There is an older discussion here with comments on what to change, https://groups.google.com/d/topic/linux-sunxi/Xq-egaBfzwA/discussion Would that be a good starting point? If so, click on the URL above and continue the discussion. Jean-Luc published today his interview with Allwinner (Ben-El Baz, Marketing Manager) at http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/08/21/interview-with-allwinner-regarding-their-linaro-membership/ (and also posted the link in another thread). In the comments at Jean-Luc's interview you can see Ben replying, and he is willing to help. I think it is a positive interview and there is interest in Allwinner to work with the community and get the latest version of the Linux kernel to support the SoCs. It is a learning experience for them and I hope we start solving all those pending issues. What I find important is to start first with small but important issues so that they get completed quickly, and we can figure out what works well in this effort, and what we need to do better. It is a great opportunity, let's make the most out of it! Simos -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to linux-sunxi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
