On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 6:45 AM, Saul Wold <s...@linux.intel.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2017-02-06 at 13:02 -0800, Khem Raj wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Saul Wold <s...@linux.intel.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Enable the linux-intel production kernel for meta-intel by default >> > for 4.9, >> > this will enable using the Intel production kernel. >> > >> > This is a well tested 4.9 tree that will start to include >> > additional >> > support for the Apollolake and Joule hardware. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <s...@linux.intel.com> >> > --- >> > conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc | 4 ++-- >> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> > >> > diff --git a/conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc >> > b/conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc >> > index 21587fb..eb759c4 100644 >> > --- a/conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc >> > +++ b/conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc >> > @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ >> > # >> > >> > # Soft set linux-yocto as preferred kernel like x86-base.inc >> > -PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ??= "linux-yocto" >> > -PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "4.8%" >> > +PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-intel" >> >> whats the difference between linux-yocto and linux-intel ? >> > Sorry for sending this to the wrong list. > > This is a valid question, the difference will be faster integration and > better testing /validation of upstream (or possibly pending upstream ) > patches for Intel Hardware. > > Since the kernel will be coming from an Intel Source, it will be fully > tested on more hardware that the current linux-yocto kernel gets tested > against. > > The update rate maybe about the same, with security updates as needed > for more severe issues > > As other vendors maintain kernels for their meta-vendor specific layer, > Intel has chosen to maintain an Intel kernel based on the current LTS > version (4.9) plus upstreamed patches. All content will be backports > from internally maintained tracking trees being regularly updated. > > meta-intel will likely continue to contain the linux-yocto-<latest> for > a non-LTS kernel. > > Hope that clarifies this.
yes it does. So this is not a clone of linux-yocto but based directly on linux-stable. > > Sau! > >> > >> > +PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-intel ?= "4.9%" >> > >> > # for Xserver older than 1.13.0 >> > OLD_XSERVER_X86_EXT = "xserver-xorg-extension-dri \ >> > -- >> > 2.7.4 >> > >> > -- >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Openembedded-core mailing list >> > Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org >> > http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core