[Letux-kernel] Integrating proper Pyra support

[H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Hi,

> Am 01.02.2020 um 21:25 schrieb Nick Elsmore <nicholaselsmore at gmail.com>:
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I'm working to integrate proper Pyra support into the Letux kernel.  I've been doing work in a fork, but am trying to become synchronized with Letux.  This thread is dedicated to stabilizing base Pyra support within Letux, starting with:
> - standalone Pyra defconfig

yes, that is good to have and manage a specific Pyra defconfig.

The letux_defconfig builds a lot of modules which are not needed for the Pyra. And by configuring some stuff into the kernel instead of loading modules, boot time can drastically be reduced.

> - AUFS support

This is already part of letux-4.19.

	http://git.goldelico.com/?p=letux-kernel.git;a=tree;f=fs/aufs

 So what is missing? Maybe it is not configured. Or have there been important AUFS upstream patches?

> - improved bq2429x support
> - improved audio codec support
> - stabilizing SGX/OpenGL and TILER/rotation support

> The most recent kernel with best support for SGX (the problem child) support on the Pyra is 4.19.89, so I am targeting this kernel version to start.

SGX is now working equally well on letux-4.19, letux-5.4 and letux-5.5 kernels. So why do you think it is a problem child?

Only the drm_fbdev_helper is broken on 5.4/5.5 and makes framebuffer rotation fail, but that is not an SGX problem.

>   I will be providing patches incrementally as they get approved to ease integration.  The first is simply a specific pyra defconfig.
> <0001-configs-Add-letux_pyra_defconfig.patch>

I have recently integrated the "pyra_defconfig" (not letux_pyra_defconfig) provided by aTc into the 5.4 and 5.5 kernels:

	http://git.goldelico.com/?p=gta04-kernel.git;a=commit;h=5c4359b0ae24d6ccba24e126b4a4e82404058dd4
	http://git.goldelico.com/?p=letux-kernel.git;a=commit;h=72d2fa99eb7db97caf7f1f10cfa7a3c7f3d3d027

There was a backport for letux-4.19 waiting in the queue, but it was not yet published.
I have triggered the kernel-upstream-update process and it has already been pushed:

	http://git.goldelico.com/?p=letux-kernel.git;a=blob;f=arch/arm/configs/pyra_defconfig

So please can you check what diffs are needed against the latest letux-4.19 kernel (master or letux-4.19.101 branch) and rebase if necessary?

BR and thanks,
Nikolaus