[fedora-arm] Kernel 3.8 plans

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

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 ...

Other then that your plan sounds good :)

Regards,

Hans


p.s.

I'm still working on creating sunxi F-18 images, I'm getting closer and
closer, but I keep hitting kernel issues ...