On 30/05/2016 19:42, [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > Kernel repo for Flame device (and probably others) has changed from Code > Aurora (caf) [1] to mozilla-b2g (b2g) [2]. If I understand it correctly, b2g > repo was forked from caf one. But looking at the branches/tags, they're > different between caf and b2g. How is it possible?
We only push the branches/tags we need. > > Then, what the "3.4" in some b2g's branches (such as t2m-flame-3.4-jb, > t2m-flame-3.4-kk, zte-openc_eu-3.4-jb, ...) stands for? Android/Linux kernel > version? How is it then that Jelly Bean (jb) and Kit Kat (kk)-based devices > share the same 3.4 kernel (if it truly stands for kernel version)? I thought > that jb-based devices were running kernel 3.4 vs. 3.10 for kk-based devices. 3.4 stands for the android linux version, yes. And JB/KK do share the same kernel (upstream does it too). > > Last, caf repo has b2g_msm-3.4 and b2g_kk_3.5 branches. If I remember > correctly, when kernel repo for Flame device was switched, branch was also > changed from b2g_kk_3.5 to t2m-flame-3.4-kk, thus "downgrading" something > from 3.5 to 3.4. Was this expected? Furthermore, before this switch, why > wasn't Flame device pointing to b2g_msm-3.4 rather than b2g_kk_3.5 branch? > BTW, Makefile in b2g_kk_3.5 branch reveals that it's still based on kernel > 3.4 "Saber-toothed Squirrel" despite the "3.5" in the name... The 3.5 you are referring is not kernel version but something else I think. > > Explanations greatly appreciated ;-) > > Thanks, > > Émeric > > > [1] git://codeaurora.org/kernel/msm > [2] https://github.org/mozilla-b2g/codeaurora_kernel_msm > _______________________________________________ > dev-fxos mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos > _______________________________________________ dev-fxos mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos
