F21 Self Contained Change: Allwinner sunxi (A10 / A13 / A20) ARM SoC support

[Jaroslav Reznik]

----- Original Message -----
> 
> 
> Does the u-boot piece require a new package or sub package of existing u-boot
> we already have? Just curious.

It's in the scope: "For u-boot we will create a separate u-boot-sunxi package,
which can be dropped once u-boot support has been merged into u-boot upstream."

Jaroslav

> Suppose I'm asking if the sunxi support is upstream in denx?
> 
> Looking forward to this feature. :-D
> 
> Thanks
> On Mar 3, 2014 8:05 AM, "Jaroslav Reznik" < jreznik at redhat.com > wrote:
> 
> 
> = Proposed Self Contained Change: Allwinner sunxi (A10 / A13 / A20) ARM SoC
> support =
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AllwinnerSunxiSupport
> 
> Change owner(s): Hans de Goede < hdegoede at redhat.com >, Peter Robinson
> < pbrobinson at fedoraproject.org >
> 
> Allwinner A10 / A13 / A20 SoCs are used in a number of popular low cost arm
> development boards and arm mini computers. Currently Fedora ARM is supported
> on these devices through a Remix [1]. Allwinner kernel support is progressing
> rapidly upstream, and with this upstream kernel support it should be possible
> to support Allwinner SoCs in the official Fedora ARM images, without the need
> for a remix.
> 
> == Detailed description ==
> The linux-sunxi community is currently working hard to get Allwinner SoCs
> supported in the upstream kernel. A big part of this should land in the 3.14
> kernel. The plan is to support Allwinner SoCs in headless mode for now, and
> carry patches for mmc, ahci and usb support for 1-2 kernel releases (until
> they land upstream).
> 
> == Scope ==
> Supporting Allwinnner SoCs ootb will require kernel and u-boot support.
> Kernel
> support is landing upstream and we will add patches to the Fedora kernel for
> 1-2 kernel releases to supplement this. u-boot support currently lives in a
> u-
> boot fork upstream, this fork is tracking / merging u-boot upstream and does
> intent to get sunxi support merged into the official u-boot packages, but
> there
> is no timeline for this atm. For u-boot we will create a separate
> u-boot-sunxi
> package, which can be dropped once u-boot support has been merged into u-boot
> upstream.
> 
> Proposal owners: Will try to get as much kernel support upstream as possible,
> supplement with patches in the Fedora kernel package. Will create a u-boot-
> sunxi package with sunxi specific u-boot. Will look into adding a config tool
> to
> the sdcard images to easily select and install the correct u-boot and dtb,
> like the Allwinner Remix images have.
> 
> Other developers: N/A
> Release engineering: N/A
> Policies and guidelines: N/A
> 
> [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AllwinnerSunxiSupport
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