Re: Kernel 3.8 plans

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> On 01/07/2013 01:53 PM, Peter Robinson wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Just thought I would ping the list about my current plans for kernel
>> 3.8 in rawhide so people are aware of what's going on.
>>
>> I'm breaking it down into a couple of phases to make the change less
>> of a problem (with luck):
>>
>> 1) phase 1 is basically a basic 3.7 -> 3.8 jump and will include the
>> following:
>> * drop separate imx kernel. Currently doesn't support the previous HW
>> we supported with the imx kernel. It's now buildable as a unified
>> kernel
>> * deal with new kernel config options we need to actually build the
>> config.
>>
>> 2) enable new platforms
>> * imx and other new SoCs supported in the unified kernel. This
>> includes sunxi (AllWinner A1x) but it'll likely not be usable
>
>
> I think you should not bother with sunxi support, so far only some
> very very minimal support has landed upstream, see:
> http://linux-sunxi.org/Mainlining_Effort
>
> There is no mmc nor nand support yet, so other then the ability to run
> from ramdisk there is nothing there really ...

Oh I'm well aware of that, it's more a matter of getting it building
to see what impact it had on unified kernels.

Peter
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