[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-arm-extra][PATCH V2] linux-boundary: Add support for kernel 3.10.31_1.1.0_beta

[Eric Nelson]

Hi Gary,

On 11/26/2014 11:10 AM, Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 2014-11-26 11:06, Gary Thomas wrote:
>> On 2014-11-23 18:57, Eric Nelson wrote:
>>> This patch adds support for the 3.10.31_1.1.0_beta kernelfor Boundary
>>> Devices BD-SL-i.MX6 (built to SABRE Lite), Nitrogen6X, Nitrogen6_Max
>>> and and Nitrogen6_Lite boards.
>>>
>>> To try it out, set PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-boundary = "3.10.31" in your
>>> local.conf file.
>>>
>>> Minimal testing has been performed at this point, so don't expect it
>>> to be production-ready.
>>>
>>> Note that the 3.10.31 kernel contains an update to provide fixed
>>> numbering for /dev/mmcblk devices instead of numbering them by
>>> order of initialization.
>>>
>>> Support has been added into the boot script, but requires setting
>>> a variable in U-Boot:
>>>
>>>     U-Boot > setenv sdphys 1
>>>     U-Boot > saveenv
>>>     U-Boot > boot
>>>
>>> See this post for some additional commentary:
>>>     http://boundarydevices.com/root-equals
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Eric Nelson <eric.nelson at boundarydevices.com>
>>
>> When I tried this patchset, it fails to boot my SabreLite.  The
>> important bits seem to be the MMC device numbering.  From the boot log:
>>      <snip>
>>    mmc3: new high speed SDHC card at address aaaa
>>    mmcblk3: mmc3:aaaa SU04G 3.69 GiB
>>     mmcblk3: p1 p2
>>      <snip>
>>    ALSA device list:
>>      #0: imx6q-sabrelite-sgtl5000
>>    Waiting for root device /dev/mmcblk0p2...
>>
>> I see no difference when setting 'sdphys' or not.  Perhaps I missed some
>> other patch (like to the boot scripts)?
> 
> BTW, I'm building the scripts from
> u-boot-script-boundary/v2014.07+gitAUTOINC+f870252376
> and there seems to be nothing in there about sdphys
> 
You need this patch to support the 'sdphys' thing in the boot script:
	http://patches.openembedded.org/patch/83731/

Regards,


Eric