[OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] meta-intel.inc: Enable linux-intel and 4.9 by default for meta-intel hardware

[Khem Raj]

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 6:45 AM, Saul Wold <sgw at 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 <sgw at 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 <sgw at 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
>> >
>> > --
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