[meta-intel] meta-valleyisland BSP layer retirement communication

[Prasant J]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 3:31 AM, Chris Tapp <opensource at keylevel.com> wrote:
>
> Dear mailing-list,
>
> We are planning to retire meta-valleyisland BSP layer from meta-intel master
> branch and this change is targeted for the upcoming Yocto Project 2.2.
>
> This layer is retired in future YP releases because there are no immediate
> requirements for support in newer LTSI kernel.
>
>
> Could you please explain what that means / why that is the case? There are
> boards requiring this BSP that will be in production until after 2020 (we
> use one) and it would be a pity not to be able to benefit from the
> improvements that will be made in future versions of Yocto.
>
>  The meta-valleyisland BSP layer will continue to be maintained in Yocto
> Project for:
> Yocto Project v2.0 (Jethro)
> https://www.yoctoproject.org/downloads/bsps/jethro20/valley-island
>
>
> Does that mean that there is no official support for ‘krogoth’, even though
> meta-intel has meta-valleyisland in the ‘krogoth’ branch? I’m currently
> updating our code to use this...
>
>  If you have a concern on this proposal, please let us know.
> If we do not hear any response from mailing-list, we will remove
> meta-valleyisland BSP from meta-intel master branch start from 3rd August
> 2016.
>
> Thank you.
> Ng Mei Yeen
> Intel Corporation
>
>


Hi,

We are using a third party board that uses Intel Atom E3845 processor.
We plan to use this processor for long time.

Till now we were relying on the meta-intel (specifically
valleyisland). I do not understand what does this update mean? Will I
not be able to get updates for my intel E3845?


Regards, Pj