Hi Dimitris, On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 12:06 PM Dimitris Tassopoulos <dimt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Belisko, > > I was thinking about this also, too. The only reason is that in meta-sunxi > they do a great job and they keep their layer clean, which is great I think. > The other layers are just based on the armbian distro, which is a lot > different, but for me it was much easier to integrate their patches, patching > scripts and bootloader scripts to a Yocto layer. That way the only thing I do > is that from time to time I just integrate their new patches and that's it. > There's no development in the layer is just re-use of the armbian work and a > wrapper around it. Therefore, it's hard, even no doable to put those > different architectures together. But definitely that decision also bothered > me a lot before I create the layer and I also don't like time to be spend on > the same thing from different people. Nevertheless, from my point of view I > couldn't find a way to put those things together. I've tried but I couldn't > do it. > > Therefore, it was easier for me to do it the way I've done it. And after all, > although it doesn't seem right, at the same time this is the beauty of the > open source. I think the layers are just incompatible in the way that they > are do things. Also it's not bad to have alternatives. > > Sunxi is a great community and I believe many of the armbian patches are > coming from there. Others not. Of course, having them all together would be > nice. But I don't think that it's possible because of the different approach. > > I hope this explains your question and even more that explains that was not a > decision to divide things or create more hassle for the same chips. Yes certainly. Thanks for great explanation and sorry if I wrote it in not polite way I didn't mean to offence ;). Thanks. > > Regards, > Dimitris > > Belisko Marek <marek.beli...@gmail.com> schrieb am Di., 28. Mai 2019, 11:49: >> >> Hi Dimitris, >> >> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 11:01 AM Dimitris Tassopoulos <dimt...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hi Belisko, >> > >> > you can also have a look in to this layer: >> > http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/layer/meta-allwinner-hx/ >> > It's for allwinner H2,H3 and H5 boards that already have support on >> > Armbian. >> > Pretty much is just a Yocto layer with all the patches and BSP support >> > from Armbian. >> > It supports 4.14 and 4.19 mainline kernels only and also the PREEMPT-RT >> > patches. >> > Warrior support was added recently, too. >> OK thanks. I think I'll stick with meta-sunxi ;). What about join >> forces and maintains one layer properly instead having it separated? >> > >> > A similar one is also this: >> > http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/layer/meta-nanopi-neo4/ >> > >> > Dimitris >> > >> > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 7:33 PM Belisko Marek <marek.beli...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi Enrico, >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 5:44 PM Enrico <ebut...@users.sourceforge.net> >> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Hi, >> >> > >> >> > i try to keep it maintained, but now i just have a lime2 for testing >> >> > on real hardware, and i don't have the resources to do test builds for >> >> > all the supported boards. >> >> > Your help would be welcome, i can't check right now if i have the >> >> > rights to add you as co-maintainer, anyway i will add you. >> >> Thanks I have few sunxi based boards so can do tests also on my setup. >> >> Pls ping me when you will add me. Thanks. >> >> > >> >> > Thanks for the help! >> >> > >> >> > Enrico >> >> >> >> Marek >> >> > >> >> > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 4:50 PM Belisko Marek <marek.beli...@gmail.com> >> >> > wrote: >> >> > > >> >> > > Hello, >> >> > > >> >> > > I'm just curious if meta-sunxi is still maintained? I was contributed >> >> > > to layer back while and when look now thud branch is un-compilable >> >> > > (dri2proto not replaced) and warrior branch not created yet. There is >> >> > > 14 issues + 6 pending pull requests. Added maintainers also in CC. I >> >> > > think it would be good to have sunxi properly maintained as boards >> >> > > with sunxi processors are popular. I can give a hand as co-maintainer >> >> > > if necessary. Thanks a lot. >> >> > > >> >> > > BR, >> >> > > >> >> > > marek >> >> > > >> >> > > -- >> >> > > as simple and primitive as possible >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------- >> >> > > Marek Belisko - OPEN-NANDRA >> >> > > Freelance Developer >> >> > > >> >> > > Ruska Nova Ves 219 | Presov, 08005 Slovak Republic >> >> > > Tel: +421 915 052 184 >> >> > > skype: marekwhite >> >> > > twitter: #opennandra >> >> > > web: http://open-nandra.com >> >> -- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> yocto mailing list >> >> yocto@yoctoproject.org >> >> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto >> >> >> >> marek
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