[yocto] 2.6.39 kernel and poky

[Maxwell Bottiger]

Thank you all for the replies!  I nearly have the 2.6 kernel built and I'll
fork the meta-atmel for the 3.9 kernel.  I'll post my final bb recipe when
it's finished.

-Max


On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Bryan Evenson <bevenson at melinkcorp.com>wrote:

> Maxwell,
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> Atmel has a Yocto meta layer over at
> http://www.github.com/linux4sam/meta-atmel.  Their layer was originally
> focused on the SAMA5 chipset, but has been since modified to include the
> SAM9x5 chipset.  I have a fork over at
> http://www.github.com/evensonbryan/meta-atmel that I’ve been using for my
> SAM9G25 board.  There is one kernel recipe that is using Atmel’s 3.6.9
> kernel and another that uses Atmel’s 3.9 kernel.  The 3.6.9 kernel in my
> testing is the most stable and has the highest level of peripheral support,
> but I’ve been able to get both to run on the SAM9G25 evaluation board and
> our custom hardware.  Feel free to fork my layer or Atmel’s layer and add
> support for the 2.6.39 kernel.  Atmel has been accepting pull requests on
> additional features.
>
>
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> -Bryan Evenson
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> *From:* yocto-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:
> yocto-bounces at yoctoproject.org] *On Behalf Of *Maxwell Bottiger
> *Sent:* Friday, November 01, 2013 11:22 AM
> *To:* yocto at yoctoproject.org
> *Subject:* [yocto] 2.6.39 kernel and poky
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> I have a custom kernel and drivers I built for an Atmel AT91SAM9x5ek
> system on a chip, and I'd like to use them with yocto to build a
> distribution.
>
> The original documentation, support CD, etc are all based around an open
> embedded build from 2011, which doesn't seem to work any longer.  Yocto
> looks like a great alternative, but wants to build the 3.10 kernel, which I
> don't think supports this SoC any longer.  So, is there a straight forward
> method of building a standard Poky root filesystem, but with a custom
> recipe for the 2.6.39 kernel instead of the stock one?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
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