From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 59DFB707 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:07:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seldrel01.sonyericsson.com (seldrel01.sonyericsson.com [37.139.156.2]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A383E161 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:07:49 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <55B9166E.6000700@sonymobile.com> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 11:07:42 -0700 From: Tim Bird MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bintian , Mark Brown , Steven Rostedt References: <20150723105726.GC30929@amd> <20150723121441.GB29747@amd> <20150723084251.54da2be0@gandalf.local.home> <20150723154014.GD11162@sirena.org.uk> <55B7FD82.8010806@sonymobile.com> <55B87D6A.8030508@huawei.com> In-Reply-To: <55B87D6A.8030508@huawei.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Pavel Machek , "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" , "riverful.kim@samsung.com" , "kyungmin.park@samsung.com" , John Stultz , =?windows-1252?Q?=22Andersson=2C_?= =?windows-1252?Q?Bj=F6rn=22?= Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Mainline kernel on a cellphone List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 07/29/2015 12:14 AM, Bintian wrote: > Hi All, > > I am also very interested in this topic, and now I am focusing on > Huawei cellphone kernel development. > > One month ago, I submitted the basic system and clock driver of HiKey > to linux kernel, and HiKey is the prototype of Huawei Honor 4X > cellphone. > > We really hope people can download the latest kernel code and run well > on HiKey(or other mobile products) at some future date, and now we try > to submit the rest drivers to kernel maillist. That's great! Thanks for your efforts on this! ... > For HiKey, the original display driver is based on Framebuffer, but we > need to reconstruct this driver based on DRM framework when do the > upstream work, one lesson we learned here is trying to develop drivers > based on the requirements of current linux sub-system. Thanks for sharing that. I'd be interested in hearing from different people about what their big areas of concern are (or what they anticipate will be their large areas of work). >> IMHO it would be useful to discuss these areas, to see if there >> are technical reasons for these deficiencies, and work to resolve >> them. > Agree. > > Thanks, I'm not trying to gin up attendees for LinuxFoundation or Linaro events, but if you happen to be there, we are planning on hosting BOFs about this topic at the following upcoming events: LinuxCon NA - August 19, 12:45, Seattle, WA, USA Linaro Connect - (probably) September 22, Burlingame, CA, USA ELC Europe - October 7, 11:30, Dublin, Ireland Please drop by if you are interested, or send me an e-mail if you want more details about the current work. -- Tim