Since quite some time, the kernel and bootloader communities consider
zImage as the default format for kernel images on ARM, replacing
uImage. The load address information in uImage is no longer needed,
since the kernel is position-independent in terms of physical address,
except on a few old platforms. For most people, using zImage is simply
better/simpler, so let's switch to zImage as the default image format
on ARM.
All defconfigs are updated: 46 defconfigs no longer need to select
explicitly zImage because it's the default, and 16 defconfigs now need
to explicitly select uImage because that's no longer the default.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Reviewed-by: Matt Weber <matt@thewebers.ws>
Acked-by: Julien Boibessot <julien.boibessot@armadeus.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
arm_versatile kernel defconfig updated to deal with multi-platform ARM
support and driver changes.
mips(el) 32-bits is back in working order for 4.5
Results table:
Defconfig Kernel Qemu Network Status
--------------------------------------------------------------
aarch64_virt 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
arm_versatile 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
arm_vexpress 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
microblazebe 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
microblazeel 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
mips64el_malta 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
mips64_malta 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
mipsel_malta 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
mips_malta 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
ppc_g3beige 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
ppc_mpc8544ds 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
ppc_virtex_ml507 4.5 2.3.0 NO OK
ppc64_pseries 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
sh4 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
sh4eb 4.5 2.3.0 NO (1) OK
sparc_ss10 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
sparc64_sun4u 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
sparc_sun4u 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
x86 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
x86_64 4.5 2.3.0 YES OK
xtensa_lx60 4.4.5 2.3.0 YES (2) OK
(1) - Probably an endian issue with 8139 emulation/driver
(2) - xtensa ethernet broken in 4.5 so stick to 4.4.x
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Keep arm_nuri on 3.10.x for the usual reasons.
Keep mips & mipsel (32 bits) on 4.3.x because 4.4.x fails to boot
properly (kernel stuck after the CPU cache info).
Results table:
Defconfig Kernel Qemu Network Status
--------------------------------------------------------------
aarch64_virt 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
arm_nuri 3.10.96 2.3.0 YES(1) OK most times(2)
arm_versatile 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
arm_vexpress 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
microblazebe 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
microblazeel 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
mips64el_malta 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
mips64_malta 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
mipsel_malta 4.3.5 2.3.0 YES OK (4)
mips_malta 4.3.5 2.3.0 YES OK (4)
ppc_g3beige 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
ppc_mpc8544ds 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
ppc_virtex_ml507 4.4.1 2.3.0 NO OK
ppc64_pseries 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
sh4 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
sh4eb 4.4.1 2.3.0 NO(3) OK
sparc_ss10 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
sparc64_sun4u 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
sparc_sun4u 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
x86 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
x86_64 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
xtensa_lx60 4.4.1 2.3.0 YES OK
(1) - Supposed to work but broken, probably Qemu emulation issue
(2) - In like 1/3 starts it fails to work properly
(3) - Probably an endian issue with 8139 emulation/driver
(4) - Kernel stuck at cpu cache details from 4.4 - 4.4.1
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
For most defconfigs, it was trivial to deduce the kernel version, by
just reading the version string, which could be:
- a standard upstream version string vX.Y.Z
- a non-standard version string, but still containg the standard X.Y.Z
Those for which it was not so trivial were those hosted on git tree.
Since most were already using a custom linux-headers version, it could
be easily deduced from that. It was confirmed by browsing said git trees
and check the version there.
There are a few cases were there was a mismatch:
- microzed: uses a 3.18 kernel, but 3.8 headers; fixed.
- xilinx_zc706: uses a 3.14 kernel, but 3.8 headers; fixed.
- zedboard: uses a 3.18 kernel, but 3.8 headers; fixed.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Cc: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Cc: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Capitalize comments in a consistent way.
Cleanup redundant entries.
Drop global patch dir for sparc ss10 since it's not required any more.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
ppc-mpc8544ds: switch to custom kernel config since the new 4.3-shipped
mpc85xx_basic_defconfig doesn't work with Qemu.
Incidentally while cleaning it up it now seems to work fine with newer
qemu versions.
sparc64_sun4u: ditch ne2k driver since it's useless, and add the e1000
driver which works fine.
x86: stick to 4.2.x kernels since 4.3 doesn't work right with uclibc
(any variant) based toolchains.
Results table:
Defconfig Kernel Qemu Network Status
--------------------------------------------------------------
aarch64_virt 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
arm_nuri 3.10.93 2.3.0 NO(1) OK(2)
arm_versatile 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
arm_vexpress 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
microblazebe 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
microblazeel 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
mips64el_malta 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
mips64_malta 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
mipsel_malta 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
mips_malta 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
ppc_g3beige 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
ppc_mpc8544ds 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
ppc_virtex_ml507 4.3 2.3.0 NO OK
ppc64_pseries 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
sh4 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
sh4eb 4.3 2.3.0 NO(1) OK
sparc_ss10 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
sparc64_sun4u 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
sparc_sun4u 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
x86 4.2.6 2.3.0 YES OK(3)
x86_64 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
xtensa_lx60 4.3 2.3.0 YES OK
(1) - Supposed to work but broken, probably Qemu emulation issue
(2) - In like 1/3 runs it fails to start properly
(3) - linux 4.3.0 doesn't like uclibc-based toolchains (net issues)
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
