[Buildroot] [PATCH 01/10] firmware-imx: bump to version 5.4

Andrew Webster Awebster at arcx.com
Mon Jun 6 17:12:47 UTC 2016


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Bisson [mailto:gary.bisson at boundarydevices.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 10:33 AM
> To: Andrew Webster
> Cc: buildroot at buildroot.org
> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 01/10] firmware-imx: bump to version 5.4
> 
> Andrew, All,
> 
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 3:10 PM, Andrew Webster <awebster at arcx.com>
> wrote:
> > Changelog:
> > - Upgrade to FW v3.1.1_r46072
> > - v3.1.1_r46070 plus 2 patches 391/392
> > - FSLARIK-391 [Decoder/H.264] VPU is always busy when decoding an
> > erroneous H264 bitstream
> > - FSLARIK-392 [Decoder/VC1] VPU outputs only 1 picture
> > - Change to the format of Linux coda driver firmware
> 
> Hmm, that's cool because it means the firmware can now be used by
> mainline kernel seamlessly, but it also means that it won't work on any kernel
> < 4.1.15. Do you confirm you've tried it on 4.1.15 kernel only?

Correct, tested against the 4.1.15 kernel only.

> 
> This means that updating defconfig should also be part of this series in my
> opinion, at least for the NXP platforms.

What would be the verification plan for defconfig updates?  Build each one and check for build errors?

> 
> > This patch is based on the Yocto equivalent:
> > https://github.com/Freescale/meta-fsl-arm/commit/dbb8773
> 
> Please share how you've tested the VPU firmware for instance.

I followed the same tests from your previous version bumps (e.g. gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=/root/tears_of_steel_1080p.webm ! matroskademux ! imxvpudec ! imxipuvideosink).  I can add the test(s) performed to the commit messages if you like.

> 
> Regards,
> Gary


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