[yocto] Raspberry Pi [was Re: Kernel modules fail to compile for ARM]

[Tomas Frydrych]

Hi Bruce,

On 15/05/12 16:44, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> On 12-05-15 05:15 AM, Tomas Frydrych wrote:
>> On 14/05/12 19:52, Chris Tapp wrote:
>>> I'm trying to put a BSP together for an ARM system (Raspberry Pi,
>>> ARM1176JZF-S CPU).
>>
>> I got the feeling that there might be multiple OE/RPI efforts going on
>> at the same time unaware of each other, e.g., I noticed this
>> meta-raspberrypi layer on github that seems to be well on the way,
>> https://github.com/djwillis/meta-raspberrypi ... perhaps getting various
>> folk interested in this together would be beneficial.
> 
> I'll jump in and ask my obvious question, if we want to pull in some
> extra BSP/kernel developers, is there a fundamental reason why a
> different kernel/kernel version than one of the linux-yocto ones is
> being used ?
> 
> If you line up with one of those, there's a chance to pickup fixes,
> features and have someone like me help maintain things where it
> makes sense.

Let me turn this question back at you then: is Yocto going to be doing
thorough Q&A for all of these HW platforms? Decent Q&A is what really
sets Yocto apart, and what makes it my first port of call, but I got a
feeling that the scope of this is at the moment somewhat restricted as
far as HW is concerned; without Q&A 'fixes' quickly turn into problems
-- I'd rather be pulling kernel from somewhere that deals with the
specific HW that pick up generic fixes without the Q&A.

(Though admittedly working with some silicon vendors specific meta
layers can be real PITA :) ).

Tomas