[Buildroot] [git commit] DEVELOPERS: drop odroidc2 from Dagg Stompler

[Romain Naour]

Hi Daggs,

Le 10/08/2019 à 22:40, daggs a écrit :
> Greetings Naour,
> 
>> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2019 at 11:19 PM
>> From: "Romain Naour" <romain.naour at gmail.com>
>> To: daggs <daggs at gmx.com>, "Bernd Kuhls" <bernd.kuhls at t-online.de>
>> Cc: buildroot at uclibc.org
>> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [git commit] DEVELOPERS: drop odroidc2 from Dagg Stompler
>>
>> Hi Daggs,
>>
>> Le 10/08/2019 à 20:31, daggs a écrit :
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2019 at 2:08 PM
>>>> From: "Bernd Kuhls" <bernd.kuhls at t-online.de>
>>>> To: buildroot at uclibc.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [git commit] DEVELOPERS: drop odroidc2 from Dagg Stompler
>>>>
>>>> Am Sat, 10 Aug 2019 07:50:08 +0200 schrieb daggs:
>>>>
>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>
>>>>>> Am Fri, 09 Aug 2019 14:37:48 +0200 schrieb Romain Naour:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So up to BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_PLATFORM_SUPPORTS_AML is related to the
>>>>>>> odroidc2 board (from the Buildroot packaging point of view) and
>>>>>>> should be removed too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe KODI AML support can be used on other AML based board?
>>>>>
>>>>> as the board was dropped from the support list, I see no reason to keep
>>>>> this. in addition, I think that this board is fully supported without
>>>>> the need for external libs.
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> sent http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/buildroot/list/?series=124369
>>>>
>>>> Kodi v19 will remove specific aml support as well:
>>>> https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/16043#issuecomment-489331416
>>>> and encourages users to switch to gbm support:
>>>> https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/16043#issuecomment-498054447
>>>>
>>>> Libreelec switched amlogic support to mainline kernel as well:
>>>> https://github.com/LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv/pull/3536
>>>> https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/16043#issuecomment-498180789
>>>>
>>>> In the end there is no reason for us to keep the old amlogic stuff alive.
>>>>
>>>> Regards, bernd
>>>
>>> so if I build buildroot with latest kernel and kodi, it should work ok? e.g. hw decoding and stuff?
>>
>> GPU Mali 450 support has been upstreamed recently in the kernel 5.2.x and mesa3d
>> 19.1. You need to enable the support for the Lima DRM in the kernel and Gallium
>> Lima driver in mesa3d.
>>
>> You probably need to apply this series and a patch to add the Gallium Lima
>> driver in mesa3d.
>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/buildroot/list/?series=123227
>>
>> But I can't say for kodi...
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Romain
>>
> 
> it is good to know, I'd assume that if a proper kernel and mesa support is in place, kodi will surly work, I only hope hw decoding is supported too.
> unfortunately, that doesn't increase the likelihood of the board reinstated into buildroot. not until agreed flow when it comes to the board's ATF will exist.

I'm using a board Le Potato
(https://libre.computer/products/boards/aml-s905x-cc) based on AML-S905X-CC.
Like for the Odroid-C2, Amlogic doesn't provide sources for the firmware and for
tools needed to create the bootloader image (only binaries are available).

But an opensource tool has been made by reverse engineering:

https://github.com/repk/gxlimg

Maybe you can take a look at this tool and see if it can work for your board?

Best regards,
Romain

> 
> Dagg.
>