[yocto] [PATCH 0/1][linux-yocto] Remove Cedartrail Machine

Chris Tapp opensource at keylevel.com
Tue Feb 12 13:29:06 PST 2013


On 12 Feb 2013, at 20:54, Burton, Ross wrote:

> On 12 February 2013 19:56, Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi at intel.com> wrote:
>> It probably wouldn't take much to bring it back - basically the pvr
>> graphics driver, which I assume is one of the most important features of
>> this BSP for users, is stuck at kernel version 3.0.  If everything else
>> stayed the same, forward-porting the GPL'ed kernel portion of the driver
>> would be all that would be needed to get it working again.  We've done
>> that routinely for other drivers such as EMGD, so I don't think that
>> would be too big a deal.
> 
> Alternatively there's the fully open source but non-accelerated
> graphics drivers.  This would let the BSP survive, but is anyone
> (Chris, I'm looking at you here!) using CDT in a situation where the
> open 2D driver is sufficient?

Not me ;-) One of the main reasons I moved 'here' was because we needed the graphics performance.

> Ross

Chris Tapp

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