[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-arm][PATCH 3/4] linux-fslc-mx6 (3.14-1.0.x): Add recipe

[Nikolay Dimitrov]

Hi Otavio,

On 06/17/2015 09:39 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Nikolay Dimitrov <picmaster at mail.bg> wrote:
>> On 06/17/2015 09:30 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Nikolay Dimitrov <picmaster at mail.bg>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 06/17/2015 09:02 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> This recipe provides the FSL Community's i.MX6 Linux which is a Linux
>>>>> kernel based on Freescale 3.14.28-1.0.0 GA release, used by FSL
>>>>> Community BSP in order to provide support for i.MX6 based platforms.
>>>>>
>>>>> The fork includes the official Linux kernel stable updates, backported
>>>>> features and fixes coming from the vendors, kernel community or FSL
>>>>> Community itself.
>>>>>
>>>>> This version is based on 3.14.44 stable release and includes following
>>>>> changes on top of both kernels:
>>>>>
>>>>> 9e71c2c ARM: imx_v6_v7_defconfig: Enable kexec support
>>>>> 3b15ffa Revert "net: fec: fix the warning found by dma debug"
>>>>> 3183696 mmc: sdhci-esdhc-imx: Fixup runtime PM conditions during
>>>>> ->probe()
>>>>> 434d1b2 ARM: 8338/1: kexec: Relax SMP validation to improve DT
>>>>> compatibility
>>>>> 33bb67d gpio: generic: clamp retured value to [0,1]
>>>>> 192f32d ARM: imx6sl: Disable imx6sl-specific code when imx6sl SOC
>>>>> support
>>>>> is disabled
>>>>>
>>>>> Change-Id: I0d5b21a0381c64b323c73cded73a93a4f218f50d
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>     recipes-kernel/linux/linux-fslc-mx6/defconfig     | 414
>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>     recipes-kernel/linux/linux-fslc-mx6_3.14-1.0.x.bb |  16 +
>>>>>     2 files changed, 430 insertions(+)
>>>>>     create mode 100644 recipes-kernel/linux/linux-fslc-mx6/defconfig
>>>>>     create mode 100644 recipes-kernel/linux/linux-fslc-mx6_3.14-1.0.x.bb
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I personally think that the naming of this kernel will cause confusion.
>>>
>>>
>>> Any suggestion?
>>
>>
>> Anything that doesn't contain "fslc", like "linux-fsl", "linux-imx",
>> "linux-imx6" or similar.
>>
>> What do you think?
>
> I think it is important to provide the credit to fslc as this is not
> an fsl initiative or a generic imx kernel.

I think the credit already goes everywhere - source code license,
author's rights in each file, etc. To be honest, I was thinking mostly
about functionality and not about credit.

So, in terms of functionality this kernel sits somewhere between
mainline and FSL releases, is that correct?

Regards,
Nikolay