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PATCH 1/1 board/freescale/imx8mqevk: remove hardware support section from readme

At first the support for i.MX8MQ processors was minimal, hence this section in the readme file.

Since then, GPU support was added [1] in master and VPU in next [2].

So drop this section as it is confusing people and no one maintains it.

[1] https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=84afda9c
[2] https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=82732071

Signed-off-by Gary Bisson <[email protected]>

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Hi,

Someone sent me a question about GPU support for i.MX8MQ, pointing out that the EVK readme clearly says it isn't supported :(

Can this patch be included for 2018.08 release?

Also, would it be possible to update the release text [1] to mention i.MX8MQ graphics support? Something like:
- i.MX Vivante graphics version bumped to 6.2.4.p1.2 adding support for Wayland and i.MX8MQ platforms

Regards,
Gary

[1] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2018-August/227070.html

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 This file documents the Buildroot support for the Freescale i.MX8MQ
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-Hardware support
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-Currently only basic support for hardware is available, currently no
-support for GPU, VPU and other HW features.
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PATCH 1/1 board/freescale/imx8mqevk: remove hardware support section from readme

Hello,

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At first the support for i.MX8MQ processors was minimal, hence this section in the readme file.

Since then, GPU support was added [1] in master and VPU in next [2].

So drop this section as it is confusing people and no one maintains it.

[1] https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=84afda9c
[2] https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=82732071

Signed-off-by Gary Bisson <[email protected]>

I've applied to master, thanks.

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Can this patch be included for 2018.08 release?

Also, would it be possible to update the release text [1] to mention i.MX8MQ graphics support? Something like:
- i.MX Vivante graphics version bumped to 6.2.4.p1.2 adding support for Wayland and i.MX8MQ platforms

Peter: what do you think about this? Do we change the 2018.08-rc1 release details after the fact ? Do we include this in the 2018.08 final announcement, even if it was already there in 2018.08-rc1 ?

Best regards,

Thomas

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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com
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PATCH 1/1 board/freescale/imx8mqevk: remove hardware support section from readme

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"Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <[email protected]> writes:

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Also, would it be possible to update the release text [1] to mention i.MX8MQ graphics support? Something like:
- i.MX Vivante graphics version bumped to 6.2.4.p1.2 adding support for Wayland and i.MX8MQ platforms

Peter: what do you think about this? Do we change the 2018.08-rc1 release details after the fact ? Do we include this in the 2018.08 final announcement, even if it was already there in 2018.08-rc1 ?

I've added a note to the CHANGES for 2018.08-rc1.

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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PATCH 1/1 board/freescale/imx8mqevk: remove hardware support section from readme

Hi Peter, Thomas,

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Also, would it be possible to update the release text [1] to mention i.MX8MQ graphics support? Something like:
- i.MX Vivante graphics version bumped to 6.2.4.p1.2 adding support for Wayland and i.MX8MQ platforms

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Peter: what do you think about this? Do we change the 2018.08-rc1 release details after the fact ? Do we include this in the 2018.08 final announcement, even if it was already there in 2018.08-rc1 ?

I've added a note to the CHANGES for 2018.08-rc1.

Thank you, that's perfect!

Regards,
Gary