[meta-freescale] i.MX 3.10.31-1.1.0_beta release - community feedback requested
Alfonso Tamés
alfonso at tames.com
Mon Aug 18 08:54:26 PDT 2014
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 <Lauren.Post at freescale.com> 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
>
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