On 12 Feb 2013, at 19:56, Tom Zanussi wrote: > On Mon, 2013-02-11 at 22:02 -0800, Sean Liming wrote: >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto- >>> boun...@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Liu, Song >>> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 1:25 PM >>> To: Chris Tapp >>> Cc: Darren Hart; Yocto Discussion Mailing List >>> Subject: Re: [yocto] [PATCH 0/1][linux-yocto] Remove Cedartrail Machine >>> >>> Thanks for the reply, Chris! Feel free to let us know if you have any >>> questions. Hope your project will go well. >>> >>> Song >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Chris Tapp [mailto:opensou...@keylevel.com] >>> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 1:17 PM >>> To: Liu, Song >>> Cc: Bodke, Kishore K; Bruce Ashfield; Darren Hart; Saxena, Rahul; Zanussi, >>> Tom; Yocto Discussion Mailing List >>> Subject: Re: [yocto] [PATCH 0/1][linux-yocto] Remove Cedartrail Machine >>> >>> Hi Song / Kishore, >>> >>> On 11 Feb 2013, at 18:47, Liu, Song wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Chris, >>>> >>>> Intel is still supporting critical fixes for the Cedar Trail BSP on >> Yocto Project >>> 1.3 release. If you need additional support for your project, I can >> connect you >>> with some Intel sales/support people who can help. At the same time, would >>> you be able to share more information about your project with me? It will >>> help when I ask them for additional support. >>> >>> Thanks, that's good news. >>> >>> The only slight down side from my perspective is we won't get the benefits >>> from 1.4 (and future) improvements. However, it will give me an excuse to >>> move the hardware on as new platforms become available ;-) >>> >>> >>>> Song >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Chris Tapp [mailto:opensou...@keylevel.com] >>>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 1:33 AM >>>> To: Bodke, Kishore K >>>> Cc: bruce.ashfi...@windriver.com; dvh...@linux.intel.com; Saxena, >>>> Rahul; Liu, Song; Zanussi, Tom; linux-yo...@yoctoproject.org; >>>> yocto@yoctoproject.org >>>> Subject: Re: [yocto] [PATCH 0/1][linux-yocto] Remove Cedartrail >>>> Machine >>>> >>>> >>>> On 8 Feb 2013, at 23:18, kishore.k.bo...@intel.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> From: Kishore Bodke <kishore.k.bo...@intel.com> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> This patch set is to remove the Cedartail Machine from >>>>> Linux-yocto-3.4 Kernel. >>>>> Cedartrail BSP will not be supported for Yocto 1.4 Release. >>>> >>>> Hi Kishore, >>>> >>>> Are there any plans to bring support back in? We recently committed a >>> project to using this BSP for the Intel DN2800MT... >>>> >>>>> Also Please remove the standard/cedartrail branch. >>>>> >>>>> Please pull into linux-yocto-3.4/meta branch. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Kishore. >>>>> >>>>> The following changes since commit >>> f697e099bc76d5df3a307a5bc0cc25021dd6dfe0: >>>>> >>>>> meta: bump to v3.4.28, rt-40 (2013-02-04 00:14:21 -0500) >>>>> >>>>> are available in the git repository at: >>>>> >>>>> git://git.pokylinux.org/linux-yocto-contrib kishore/cedartrail_remove >>>>> http://git.pokylinux.org/cgit.cgi/linux-yocto-contrib/log/?h=kishore/ >>>>> c >>>>> edartrail_remove >>>>> >>>>> Kishore Bodke (1): >>>>> meta: Remove Cedartrail Machine >>>>> >>>>> .../bsp/cedartrail/cedartrail-preempt-rt.scc | 13 ------ >>>>> .../bsp/cedartrail/cedartrail-standard.scc | 8 ---- >>>>> .../cfg/kernel-cache/bsp/cedartrail/cedartrail.cfg | 46 >> -------------------- >>>>> .../cfg/kernel-cache/bsp/cedartrail/cedartrail.scc | 15 ------- >>>>> 4 files changed, 82 deletions(-) >>>>> delete mode 100755 >>>>> meta/cfg/kernel-cache/bsp/cedartrail/cedartrail-preempt-rt.scc >>>>> delete mode 100755 >>>>> meta/cfg/kernel-cache/bsp/cedartrail/cedartrail-standard.scc >>>>> delete mode 100755 >>>>> meta/cfg/kernel-cache/bsp/cedartrail/cedartrail.cfg >>>>> delete mode 100644 >>>>> meta/cfg/kernel-cache/bsp/cedartrail/cedartrail.scc >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 1.7.9.5 >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> yocto mailing list >>>>> yocto@yoctoproject.org >>>>> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto >>>> >>>> Chris Tapp >>>> >>>> opensou...@keylevel.com >>>> www.keylevel.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Chris Tapp >>> >>> opensou...@keylevel.com >>> www.keylevel.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> yocto mailing list >>> yocto@yoctoproject.org >>> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto >> >> >> I haven't looked at the changes. Out of curiosity, is it possible to add a >> BSP back in for a new Yocto Project version? What would be the challenge? >> > > It probably wouldn't take much to bring it back - basically the pvr > graphics driver, which I assume is one of the most important features of > this BSP for users, is stuck at kernel version 3.0. If everything else > stayed the same, forward-porting the GPL'ed kernel portion of the driver > would be all that would be needed to get it working again. We've done > that routinely for other drivers such as EMGD, so I don't think that > would be too big a deal.
Would that mean only non-accelerated graphics? I remember someone on this list a while back saying they had seen it ported to (I think) 3.2 under a main-stream distro. > The bigger problem is who would support it going forward. I could do > the initial work to fix it up (if I had the hardware, which I don't - I > may get a cedartrail netbook in March, so that ) (or we could take > patches) but I wouldn't have the time to support it after that. > > If someone stepped up to support it, though, that would make a > difference in keeping it around in 1.4 and beyond, I think. What would that involve? Is it fairly stand-alone, or would in-depth knowledge of the kernel 'magic' be required? > Tom > >> Regards, >> >> Sean Liming >> >> _______________________________________________ >> yocto mailing list >> yocto@yoctoproject.org >> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto > > Chris Tapp opensou...@keylevel.com www.keylevel.com _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto