Om2009 testing Release 2

[David Fokkema]

On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 08:14 -0600, Angus Ainslie wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 14:04 +0200, David Fokkema wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 14:11 -0600, Angus Ainslie wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > After flurry of activity in enlightenment, paroli and oepnmebedded we
> > > have a new testing release. There were some problems with the gta01
> > > images so tarballs only are released at this point. Please read
> > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Om_2009 for more details.
> > 
> > I'm not sure I completely understand: there is no new kernel, but there
> > _is_ a new modules download. What do I do with that? Are these updated
> > kernel drivers? But they're located in /lib/modules/2.6.29-rc2/ whereas
> > the kernel version reads 2.6.28+git_etc. (at least in the filename).
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > David
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> The gta01 kernel uImage-2.6.28-andy-tracking+gitr2
> +4c9a8d5badc466a68d71754d47bbb792a8dc44da-r4-om-gta01.bin is here 
> 
> http://downloads.openmoko.org/distro/testing/Neo1973/
> 
> In there you will also find the tarball which can extracted to the uSD
> card. You don't need to touch the modules file unless you are going to
> use the kernel with a different rootfs than the one provided there.

Ah, sorry, I should make myself more clear. I own a gta02, so I looked
in http://downloads.openmoko.org/distro/testing/NeoFreerunner/ and have
flashed everything on april 13th (I was checking daily, waiting for the
images, ;-). Now on May 1st, there was an update. The new files are the
fso paroli/zhone images _and_ modules-2.6.28-stable+gitr0
+f19f259d3c1afde8eae53983fd19f61831927413-r2-om-gta02.tgz, which  has
the same version/git id as the april 13 uImage. So my question was: what
is this? Just a convenience for using another rootfs (and so it
basically could've been uploaded april 13th and adds nothing new as of
that date) or are the kernel/drivers updated since april 13th?

Right now, I'm thinking that _only_ fso got updated, and the
kernel/drivers are all the same. Alternatively, kernel drivers _were_
updated and those changes are reflected in both the fso images (it is a
rootfs with a /lib/modules/*, after all) and the stand-alone,
use-with-homegrown-rootfs modules file. Which one's correct?

> The file name is a function of how OE does updates so yes the 2.6.28
> file does contain 2.6.29-rcx files and will remain that way until the
> kernel is based of the 2.6.29 released version.

Ah, hence the difference in directory/kernel name.

Thanks!

David