[meta-freescale] i.MX 3.10.31-1.1.0_beta release - community feedback requested

[Eric Nelson]

Hi Otavio,

On 08/19/2014 09:01 AM, Carlos Rafael Giani wrote:
> Well, of course Freescale is interested in option 2, since it helps with
> their kernel development :)
> 

Which is a good thing!

> But think about it this way:
>
> you are a customer, and are using the beta kernel, because that's what
> is in Yocto Project 1.7. Something goes wrong. You contact your
> Freescale FAE. Response: "we can't help you, because you are using an
> unsupported kernel". This is the main problem. Not necessarily the
> stability of the beta kernel, but the lack of Freescale support.
>

My experience is that getting support on the latest is easier, since
that's where developers tend to live.

When Freescale is asked to investigate a bug, they will likely ask
that it be reproduced on Freescale hardware and using a Freescale
supplied kernel and userspace (i.e. not from the Community BSP).

For users of other hardware and kernels (i.e. most of the world), these
tend to be the biggest hurdles.

By placing the latest (-beta) kernel in master-next now and
master in October, we're placing a big hurdle on adoption of
3.10.31. Breakage is common in master and this generally has
nothing to do with the kernel or Freescale bits.

This is clearly all gray area, and these are just my 2c.

Regards,


Eric