[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Add default configuration for Raspberry Pi 2 (ARMv7 & NEON)

[Yann E. MORIN]

Frank, All,

On 2015-02-12 15:51 -0500, Frank Hunleth spake thusly:
> >> +BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION="rpi-3.18.y-rebase"
> >
> > We can not use a branch name here. We want either a tag or a sha1.
> > Currently, this is 0be82f722c097340632a59b879fbfee9c6148f53.
> 
> Regarding the Raspberry Pi kernel version, what's the difference
> between using the tip of the rpi-3.18.y branch and the tip of the
> rpi-3.18.y-rebase branch? The kernel source code looks the same
> between branches except for some trailing whitespace in files. Is the
> rpi-3.18.y branch safe from rebases?

No, the rpi-3.18.y is *not* safe from rebase; in fact, it is "constantly"
rebased. That's a shame. :-(

As for the rpi-3.18.y-rebase branch, I have absolutely no idea what it
is meant for:
  - is it a temporary branch that got pushed (it did not exist until a
    few days ago)?
  - is it the branch that will be rebased, leaving rpi-3.18.y alone?
  - something else?

So, I would prefer we stick to using the rpi-3.18.y (or even the
rpi-3.19.y) branch, since we pretty much know how they handle it.

/me should probably go and bug the RPi guys to put some tags on their
    branches from time to time...

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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