[fedora-arm] SunXI kernel 3.16 - Re: Device support for Fedora 21

Robert Moskowitz rgm at htt-consult.com
Wed Aug 13 14:26:31 UTC 2014


On 08/13/2014 10:04 AM, Robert Nelson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
>> I see below you saying are based on the 3.16 kernel?  From:
>>
>> http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort
>>
>> I see listed the 3.17 kernel, though addins for the A20 is not needed by me.
>> But what concerns me, and I know it is out of control of this group, is that
>> my reading of this page is Video support is HARD and there is no listed work
>> in progress?
>>
>> If so, what can I expect on Video support on my Cubieboard 2, or am I just
>> doing something wrong with the xfce build?
> Looks obvious to me. We all scratch our itches and share them to
> kernel.org as patches. So "you" need working video today, it looks
> like you need write a kms driver for the hardware.. ;)

I almost wish I had the expertise to do this.

I really don't need working video 'today'.  It would be nice that it was 
working by the time F21 ships.



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