[OE-core] [v2 PATCH 0/8] linux-yocto: consolidated pull request

[Sullivan, California L]

On 02/29/2016 02:10 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> v2: actually cc oe-core on the series.
>
> Here is the consolidated pull request for linux-yocto 4.1 and 4.4. Most of the
> changes are updates to -stable for the kernels, and the others are updates for
> specific boards.
>
> I've been building and booting these for qemu*, but of course, more mileage and
> combinations in the autobuilder is best.
>
> Some things to note:
>
>  - We have some refactored kernel configuration updates to the base/core policy
>    of the standard kernel, with a new "developer" kernel type being available,
>    leaving standard as a smaller variant. Existing board configs have been
>    flipped to use developer, so they'll see no change, leaving new board configs
>    to take advantage of the smaller, standard kernel type.
It looks like this change hasn't been integrated into the kernel cache yet.

---
Cal Sullivan

>
>  - The yocto reference BSPs haven't been updated yet, and we need to find
>    someone with the h/w to do the updates. These may just have to stay on
>    4.1 LTSI for this cycle.
>
>  - We are still seeing the 32 bit x86 X issue on the 4.4 kernel , with a splat on
>    boot up. I've tried to bisect this twice, leading to inconclusive results, but
>    regardless, I need to march 4.4 onto the latest -stable, and we'll continue
>    looking into this issue in the M4 timeframe.
>
>  - There still seem to be some races in perf, and something is up with sstate
>    and the kexec/kboot builds using meta-initramfs and linux-yocto-tiny-kexecboot.
>    Now that these updates are out, I'll revisit them and hold any stable updates
>    (unless there are significant CVEs) in the M4 cycle.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bruce
>
> The following changes since commit 4006a7f2762ccd5dcbc6cdff49482d4387a73261:
>
>   sanity: Fix int verses string reference (2016-02-28 22:54:09 +0000)
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
>   git://git.pokylinux.org/poky-contrib zedd/kernel
>   http://git.pokylinux.org/cgit.cgi/poky-contrib/log/?h=zedd/kernel
>
> Bruce Ashfield (8):
>   linux-yocto/4.1: Galileo updates
>   linux-yocto/4.1: clkdev updates
>   linux-yocto/4.1: update to 4.1.18
>   linux-yocto/4.4: yaffs2 build fixes
>   linux-yocto: braswell: Remove feature and move DRM_I915_PRELIMINARY_HW_SUPPORT option
>   linux-yocto/4.4: update to -stable 4.4.2
>   linux-yocto/4.1: iwlwifi: mvm: don't allow sched scans without matches to be started
>   linux-yocto/4.4: update to 4.4.3
>
>  meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_4.1.bb   |  6 +++---
>  meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_4.4.bb   |  6 +++---
>  meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_4.1.bb |  6 +++---
>  meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_4.4.bb |  6 +++---
>  meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.1.bb      | 20 ++++++++++----------
>  meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.4.bb      | 20 ++++++++++----------
>  6 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>