[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-extra][PATCH 0/4] Add Nitrogen6QP_MAX support

[Otavio Salvador]

On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Gary Bisson
<gary.bisson at boundarydevices.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Otavio Salvador
> <otavio.salvador at ossystems.com.br> wrote:
>> Hello Gary,
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Gary Bisson
>> <gary.bisson at boundarydevices.com> wrote:
>>> This series adds the support for our Nitrogen6QP_MAX platform:
>>> https://boundarydevices.com/product/nitrogen6_max-i-mx6-quad-plus-4gb-ddr3/
>>>
>>> A machine has been created for the time being since the 3.14.38-6qp-ga
>>> release from Freescale has only been tested on 6QP platforms. Therefore
>>> we decided to keep our other platforms (MX6QDL/SX) on the 3.14.28-1.0.0-ga
>>> kernel already present.
>>
>> I won't include temporary machines into the BSP as this is disruptive
>> for users.
>
> Ok I understand.
>
>> I think you can add the new kernel and u-boot recipes with
>> DEFAULT_PREFERRENCE as -1 and document how to enable them for early
>> adopters of QuadPlus allowing them to use it until the consolidate
>> release is out.
>
> Yes here is what I'm planning to do for v2:
> - modify 3.14.38 kernel recipe to target nitrogen6x only
> - remove nitrogen6qp_max machine patch
> - add a PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-boundary to 3.14.28 for nitrogen6x.conf
>   - explaining in the commit log how to switch to 3.14.38-6qp when needed
> - keep u-boot and u-boot-script bumps (removing machine compatible
> changes though)
>   - those bumps do not break compatibility with any other platform
>
> Let me know if you're ok with this approach.

Mostly except that I wish you to mark the 3.14.38 recipe as
DEFAULT_PREFERRENCE = -1 so people wishing to use it set the
PREFERRED_VERSION on local.conf and we avoid touching the machine
file.

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