[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-arm-extra][PATCH 0/3] Replace wandboard kernel

[Otavio Salvador]

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Daiane Angolini
<daiane.angolini at freescale.com> wrote:
> On 04/03/2013 12:54 AM, John Weber wrote:
>>
>> This patchset adds a recipe to support building the wandboard kernel
>> from the 'official' wandboard git repository.  This recipe is named
>> 'linux-wandboard'.
>
>
> Initially I was not confortable with this approach (of creating another
> linux recipe only to cover one board), but I understood that the 'official'
> has been maintained by community, and has been growing faster. So, I
> like/want to support the community kernel.
>
> I'm not sure regarding the name "linux-wandboard". Isn't 'wandboard' the
> board name? What would be the wandboard's linux provider name?

In fact wandboard is more like the project umbrella name; and
Wandboard Solo / Wandboard Dual being the boards.

>> It also removes support from linux-imx for Wandboard so that kernel
>> support for Wandboard is not confusing and is maintained in one
>> repository.
>
>
> It makes me think that the same approach should be used for imx6sabrelite.
>
> Is there a (better) external git repository for sabre lite kernel?

I fully agree; I think we should have a linux-boundary recipe in
-extra and move SabreLITE to there so we give more freedom to Boundary
Devices to update their kernel easily. Eric, what do you think?

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