The beta will be around for 3+ months after the release of 1.7, I don't think we have an option but to keep 3.10.17 the preferred version. Unless it was really good. And even it it was great, I wouldn't want to remove 3.10.17 recipes as that could be a fallback for users.
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Carlos Rafael Giani <[email protected]> wrote: > The EGL backend is broken? I didn't notice. I ran chromium with EGL and > GLESv2 based rendering successfully with it. > > I vote for option 1. Option 2 means there wouldn't be an FSL supported > kernel in master until January, which is a rather strange situation. I > understand FSL wants to maximize the feedback they get, but isn't it > important to have a FSL supported kernel available? Yes, it is there in > daisy, but master is a reviewed branch, so customers can actually use it. > Instead, I'd keep 3.10.17 , but encourage customers and hobbyists to try > out the beta, since they would benefit from this as well. > > > On 08/18/2014 05:54 PM, Alfonso Tamés wrote: > >> Option 2! 3.10.17 seems to have the EGL backend broken so let's embrace >> the future in master branch. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Alfonso >> >> On 18/08/2014, at 10:32, Lauren Post <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Our 3.10.31-1.1.0 Beta release is now in field trial to be completed by >>> next week. My team will be up-streaming this release next week into >>> master-next branch. >>> >>> This release has the following new features >>> - Kernel upgrade to 3.10.31 >>> - Supports new i.MX6 SoloX SabreSD machine >>> - U-Boot-imx upgrade to 2014.04 version >>> - New GPU Vivante version v5 >>> o Supports OpenGLES 3.0 APIs with backward compatibility with >>> earlier version APIs. >>> o DirectFB 1.7.1 >>> o Wayland 1.5 >>> o Xorg 1.15 >>> o Qt5 fixes for X11, Wayland and Framebuffer backends on i.MX >>> parts containing 3D GPU. >>> o i.MX 6 SoloLite fixes for DirectFB, Wayland and frame buffer >>> backends. >>> o fsl-gpu-sdk version 1.2 supporting all backends. >>> - Multimedia Features >>> o Freescale Gstreamer 1.0 support >>> o Gstreamer 0.1 Fixes >>> o Upgraded VPU firmware and wrapper software >>> o G2D integration >>> >>> We have a question to community. Our 3.10.31-1.1.0 GA release is not >>> public/released until January. We have two options for upstream of >>> 3.10.31 into meta-fsl-arm and would like feedback from community. >>> >>> - Option 1 - Upstream 3.10.31 beta into master-next branch and branch >>> master with 3.10.17 once Yocto Project 1.7 name is announced in late Sept >>> or early October >>> o This means that 3.10.31-1.1.0_beta will be in master-next branch >>> during September. >>> o Also means Freescale will get less feedback from community to >>> fix for our 3.10.31-1.1.0 GA release. >>> o 3.10.31-1.1.0 GA will be part of Yocto Project 1.8 release only >>> in April 2015. >>> - Option 2 - Upstream 3.10.31-1.1.0 Beta into master branch and remove >>> 3.10.17 from master branch. >>> o This means Yocto Project 1.7 release will not be production code >>> for i.MX6 until our 3.10.31-1.1.0 GA release planned in January. >>> o Allows earlier production release of 3.10.31-1.1.0 GA with SoloX >>> and Graphics as part of Yocto Project 1.7 in January. >>> o Beta is not supported (by freescale/for production/by SR). >>> However bugs can be sent to imx-community and if time before GA code freeze >>> Freescale can try to fix in our GA release. >>> >>> Please provide your feedback. Freescale prefers Option 2 because we can >>> get more feedback about bugs to fix in our 3.10.31-1.1.0 GA release but we >>> will abide by community wishes if they prefer Option 1. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Lauren Post >>> Yocto Project i.MX Team Lead >>> >>> -- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> meta-freescale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/meta-freescale >>> >> > -- > _______________________________________________ > meta-freescale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/meta-freescale >
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