>-----Original Message----- >From: yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto- >boun...@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Chris Tapp >Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:35 PM >To: Zanussi, Tom >Cc: 'Yocto Discussion Mailing List'; 'Darren Hart' >Subject: Re: [yocto] [PATCH 0/1][linux-yocto] Remove Cedartrail Machine > > >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?
Too early to tell anything on valleyview. > >> 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 _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
