On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Robert Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-11-12 10:46]: >> Which reminds me, it's too late for lenny, but what's the best way to >> get this board's kernel added to lenny+1? > > The fundamental problem we have on arm is that we have to restrict the > number of kernels we build because otherwise the kernel package takes > too long to build. So you'd have to come up with a good argument as > to why we should add an OMAP kernel (e.g. how many users are there > going to be; which devices use such a CPU, etc).
I agree, this is a big problem, and would be virtually impossible to solve. (Specially when you look at the possible number of arm devices on the market, some need specific kernels/etc.) Should have worded the question differently, how can i add a kernel deb to make it easier for end users to use this device with debian. The omap3530 has some traction in the market with alot (relative of course) of development boards ($150) going out to new users (last 3 months), however most are using Angstrom (compiled for armv7) so debian will probably not see a majority of these people. Currently I've got a lenny based beagle-board doing deb kernel autobuilds for 5 chroots, lenny, (lenny+1 when available), sid, hasty(armv5el & armv6el) (mojo handhelds 8.04) and icy(armv5el)(8.10). Averages 2 hours 15 mins a build. Although in it's current form, it's nothing but a scripted make-kpkg setup, that could have it's completed deb packages uploaded to a contrib type deb repository if possible. > > However, we'd like to replace the versatile kernel (used for QEMU) > with a kernel that runs on common hardware as well as QEMU, and OMAP > is one possible candiate. See > http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2008/06/msg00075.html > Looking at this message, my questions would be: are multi-omap kernels > (omap2+omap3) possible now? How good is OMAP2 and OMAP3 support in > QEMU these days? > > -- > Martin Michlmayr > http://www.cyrius.com/ Sorry, I'm the wrong person to answer that question, with only experience with the omap3530 based beagleboard. But what i've seen in my area those 3 make sense, although there is that big if with the omap. In most cases, as long as there is a universal netboot image most users can make due. Regards -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
