Re: [Ltib] iMx Kernel Developpement

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Arnaud,

Freescale is a large company, LTIB != Mx kernel development.  That's why
you need to ask them.  You need to get help from an expert for that
platform, which I am not.

Regards, Stuart

On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 16:52 +0100, Arnaud Derasse wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I thought that LTIB was an internal Freescale Project.
> If you tell me to contact freescale, I guess that LTIB and freescale are 
> not anymore related.
> Last time I asked freescale, they told me to use kernel in LTIB repos.
> 
> For the moment I am using the 2.6.24 kernel from your GPP repos. I think 
> I will keep on using it. But, is there a git repository for that kernel 
> developpement ?  Maybe I could contribute.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Arnaud
> 
> 
> Stuart Hughes a écrit :
> > Hi Arnaud,
> >
> > You'll need to contact Freescale to ask about their latest kernels.
> > What's in LTIB represents the latest I have in the common repository.
> >
> > You need to ask Pengutronix about their kernel sources.
> >
> > There are many different source trees around, this is because different
> > groups are focusing on different areas.
> >
> > The best place to ask about which source tree to use is probably on the
> > ARM mailing list.
> >
> > Regards, Stuart
> >
> > On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 15:19 +0100, Arnaud Derasse wrote:
> >   
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I am acutally using a 2.6.24 kernel from the GPP repository with an mx27 
> >> SoC.
> >>
> >> I would like to update that kernel to a newer version But I am not sure 
> >> of where to get my kernel sources.
> >>
> >> Before, I used to go to opensource.freescale.com to get the latest 
> >> kernel source for Mx series.
> >> But the git repos linux-mx is no longuer updated and the last kernel 
> >> version is 2.6.22.
> >>
> >> In July 2008, Quinn Jensen told me that I should get the 2.6.24 work 
> >> from bitshrine.org Gpp.  What I did, and I am still using that version.
> >>
> >> Now I don't know where IS really the active developpement and support 
> >> for mx series . Pengutronix team released a lot of patches in 
> >> linux-arm-kernel mailing list and they are trying to provide a full 
> >> support for MX3 and Mx2 series to the mainline kernel at kernel.org. But 
> >> this work seems to have nothing in common with the work we can find in 
> >> the Gpp.
> >>
> >> So my question is : What kernel should I use ? the one from mainline ? 
> >> or the one from freescale ?
> >>
> >> And my last question is : Why do we have two development branches and 
> >> team for the same result ?
> >>
> >> Thank you
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Arnaud Derasse
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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