[meta-freescale] Is there any point in keeping linux-imx.inc?

[Otavio Salvador]

On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Ernst Sjöstrand <ernstp at gmail.com> wrote:
> right, fslc has many extra branches. But everything in linux-imx from
> freescale.com is in fslc also!
>
> git.freescale.com is only used for linux-imx_4.1.15 which uses
> b63f3f52cb393e3287352cf63f0caef31a33ab63 and that is also available in
> github.com/Freescale/linux-fslc.
> So you have everything at GitHub already, you could simplify things and only
> reference a single repository instead.

You are mixing apples and oranges here.

As linux-fslc does merge the linux-imx repository it is obvious the
same revisions will be available on both. This does not imply it is
the same thing.

The linux-imx is controlled by NXP and only NXP kernel and BSP teams
can commit to those branches. The linux-fslc is controlled by the
community and is more agile.

The point of using the linux-imx as SRC_URI is to make clear for users
where it is basing the code from. This is a good practice and also
guarantee that by no means we can use a revision not available at NXP
server.

If you ask me, I would say to focus on linux-fslc as it includes
security and bugfixes on top of the original release. But this is a
decision you need to take.

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