Re: [linux-sunxi] Backporting simplefb support to 3.16 kernel
Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> writes:
> On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 02:17:06PM +0100, Jens Thiele wrote:
>> reading
>> http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort
>> "
>> Merged into 3.19
>> □ USB phy driver support for usb0
>> "
>> i think usb kernel support is missing in 3.16 or do i misunderstand/is
>> there a backport, too?
>
> That is probably a misunderstanding - this commit refers to the
> OTG port, for which there is indeed no support in kernel 3.16.
>
> The two USB host ports are supported in kernel 3.16.
thanks, for clarifying. Will test
Package: linux-image-3.16.0-4-armmp
Version: 3.16.7-ckt7-1
then.
>> On the other hand maybe flash-kernel is supposed to also handle
>> u-boot updates (didn't even know this exists)?
>
> No, flash-kernel does not update u-boot. It generates boot
> scripts to be executed by u-boot, builds uImages to be loaded
> by u-boot and has the ability to write kernel images to onboard
> flash on certain devices, but it does not touch u-boot itself.
ok, thanks.
=> imho simplefb+lcd support for debian/jessie u-boot isn't that
important, then.
Greetings,
jens
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