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Wang Wei | 24 May 2013 09:17
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Search for technical support of Foundation Model


Hi all,

   Now, we want to boot a specific operation system running on Foundation Model. Because Foundation Model isa
virtual platform incorporating an AArch64 architecture
<http://www.arm.com/zh/products/tools/development-tools-for-armv8.php> simulation model, we
need more detailed and comprehensive technical support.

What we want to know as following:

   First, whether Foundation Model can support debugging application and kernel code which should need to
run on Foundation Model step by step? If Foundation Model can support debug, what should we do next? If
Foundation Model cannot support debug,

are there some other tools which can support debugging application and kernel code? Are there some
documents which can introduce the way to use the tool?

   Second, whether Foundation Model can support usb driver, network driver? If Foundation Model can support
them, how we can transmit boot loader to Foundation Model and can boot loader run on Foundation Model?

ยท            Third, how many boot modes Foundation Model can support? Such as uBoot, whether Foundation Model can
support the bootmode <app:ds:starting%20mode> such as aBoot? The introduction of aBoot is as following:http://wiki.barrelfish.org/PandaBoard

Thanks

Xiaoke Wu
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Serge Broslavsky | 24 May 2013 07:27
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big.LITTLE MP status May 21, 2013

https://wiki.linaro.org/projects/big.LITTLE.MP

Work Items for functional completion:
  https://wiki.linaro.org/projects/big.LITTLE.MP/WorkItems

Roadmap Cards:

  Epic big.LITTLE MP card - http://cards.linaro.org/browse/CARD-190

    The card is being reworked to split the work that is completed and
    the ongoing/to be done one. Proposal to be presented to TSC.

Main Project page:
  https://launchpad.net/linaro-big-little-system

Development
============

1. big.LITTLE IKS

    Current IKS snapshot:
        git://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/arm/kernel.git

    More information:
        http://lists.linaro.org/pipermail/linaro-dev/2013-May/015882.html

2. big.LITTLE MP

    There are two branches, which are functionally equivalent - they
    tweak the scheduler to select the right processes to move to the A15
(Continue reading)

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Botao Sun | 23 May 2013 12:56
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Test Result Summary of Calendar Week 21, 2013 for Linux Linaro ubuntu Raring.

Calendar Week 21, 2013: Here is test result summary for Linux Linaro ubuntu Raring image on following boards:

1) ARM Versatile Express A9;
2) Samsung Arndale;
3) TI Panda 4430;
4) TI Panda 4460;
5) ST Ericsson Snowball.

Synopsis: STE Snowball is not stable enough; "Reboot" works well on ARM Versatile Express A9.

1. ARM Versatile Express A9 + Linux Linaro Raring (Column W):

https://docs.google.com/a/linaro.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AroPySpr4FnEdFNmV3gyZWRGVS12YUhqeW9rdkVZdmc#gid=1

Only "Halt" test failed, all other features work well.

2. Samsung Arndale + Linux Linaro Raring (Column Q):

https://docs.google.com/a/linaro.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgB-fT5LL31CdGZJSFdTUWFFYVdhZl8wMFpxLXd2TXc#gid=0

"Halt" test failed; some errors show in power management test. All other features work well.

3. TI Panda 4430 + Linux Linaro Raring (Column W):

https://docs.google.com/a/linaro.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AroPySpr4FnEdEwwZkhrZ1VYUEg2LTlQZzR0RlhzM3c#gid=3

WiFi and display output are unavailable; some errors show in power management test. All other features work well.

4. TI Panda 4460 + Linux Linaro Raring (Column W):

https://docs.google.com/a/linaro.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AroPySpr4FnEdEwwZkhrZ1VYUEg2LTlQZzR0RlhzM3c#gid=4

WiFi and display output are unavailable; Kernel panic happened in power management test. All other features work well.

5. ST Ericsson Snowball + Linux Linaro Raring (Column X):

https://docs.google.com/a/linaro.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AroPySpr4FnEdFJ4X0NjWjJteVlXLVJFSHFuOHo1c2c#gid=1

System is not stable enough. Sometimes booting failed, and "apt-get" failed as well. Many CRC errors got observed in SD MMC test, display output is unavailable. "Reboot" test failed.

For the release critical test summary of last week (Calendar Week 20), please refer to attachment.

Thank you.


Best Regards
Botao Sun

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Fathi Boudra | 23 May 2013 11:02
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Re: Hwpacks for OE builds?

On 23 May 2013 11:43, Nicolas Dechesne <nicolas.dechesne@...> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Fathi Boudra <fathi.boudra@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> >> That's something to discuss... We don't have "customers". The
>> >> engineering builds are done to support our engineering effort, in the
>> >> fastest and cost effective way
>> >> The hwpack concept is still valid but not as it used to be (hardware
>> >> specific abstraction). We still want to have a single hwpack that
>> >> works for the supported distributions.
>> >
>> > "We still want" - Well I'd like to see the list of "we" ;)
>>
>> As you know, I'm in the list and I'm also the one doing the work so I
>> guess my vote counts ;)
>
> well, as far as I am concerned and for my project i don't think that using
> hwpack will make sense, and would prefer to go with an OE native approach,
> even though we will support multiple BSP/SoC, that will be managed with
> dedicated BSP layers. I will participate in the hwpacks v4 discussions at
> connect though to align with you guys.

Your call (not only ;) I suspect your project has some stakeholders
requirements around OE native approach).
I'm guessing you'll have to make some adjustments if you want to
submit your pre-built images jobs to LAVA.
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Chao Xie | 22 May 2013 03:48
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gator profiling

hi
When i download the
git.linaro.org/git-ro/landing-teams/working/arm/kernel.git, there are
branches relates to gator.
I set up the enviroment at TC2 with gator and Dstream. I want to show
the CPU frequencies of big and little clusters, so i add code in gator
to get the frequency of the clusters. But it seems that gator  wakes
up in period and send out the message. So is there any way that make
gator to wake up based on events of cpu frequency changing, and send
out the message to Dstream?
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Botao Sun | 21 May 2013 13:34
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Patch merge request for STE Snowball build failure on linux-arm-soc-for-next.

Hi,

There is a build failure for STE Snowball on "linux-arm-soc-for-next" branch in Linaro Kernel CI system:

https://ci.linaro.org/jenkins/job/linux-arm-soc-for-next/hwpack=snowball,label=kernel_cloud/46/console

which is caused by:

01:31:32 /mnt/ci_build/workspace/linux-arm-soc-for-next/hwpack/snowball/label/kernel_cloud/drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c:95:23: fatal error: mach/irqs.h: No such file or directory
01:31:32  #include <mach/irqs.h>
01:31:32                        ^
01:31:32 compilation terminated.
01:31:32 make[3]: *** [drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.o] Error 1
01:31:32 make[2]: *** [drivers/mfd] Error 2
01:31:32 make[1]: *** [drivers] Error 2

To solve this issue, here is the patch which Linux Walleij provided on 11 April 2013:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/11/101

Would anyone like to merge the patch to fix this compiling error?

Thank you in advance for your efforts!


Best Regards
Botao Sun

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Denny G | 21 May 2013 09:08
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Unable to clone the Panda Kernel 3.2.0+ - Community user

Hello I tried to clone the panda kernel. But I get the below errors

I ran the command: from /tmp/ folder on my Fedora FC15 machine, x86
git clone http://android.git.linaro.org/git-ro/kernel/panda pandakernel

I am pasting the errors I received:
git clone http://android.git.linaro.org/git-ro/kernel/panda pandakernel
Cloning into pandakernel...
error: Unable to get pack index http://android.git.linaro.org/git-ro/kernel/panda/objects/pack/pack-7acac7038e85bd0d5a6da8f5610fa3336a2182da.idx

error: Unable to get pack index http://android.git.linaro.org/git-ro/kernel/panda/objects/pack/pack-7662024e475a1731a16d4598610a89a159fdc51d.idx

error: Unable to get pack index http://android.git.linaro.org/git-ro/kernel/panda/objects/pack/pack-4e2779ada403fa449dc552fd32e161dd104e285e.idx

error: Unable to get pack index http://android.git.linaro.org/git-ro/kernel/panda/objects/pack/pack-09e684d06ebe70399e83b854a246f7fafbcac202.idx

error: Unable to get pack index http://android.git.linaro.org/git-ro/kernel/panda/objects/pack/pack-9db9fb696676362a4503eeb16ab996d8ed80106c.idx

error: Unable to get pack file http://android.git.linaro.org/git-ro/kernel/panda/objects/pack/pack-523b51cf6fb4091992aed5551efbe32b4d5f8db2.pack
couldn't connect to host
error: Unable to find 8d742e3c9d98c3ef7499d62de1ac0f0efa0daf8c under http://android.git.linaro.org/git-ro/kernel/panda
Cannot obtain needed object 8d742e3c9d98c3ef7499d62de1ac0f0efa0daf8c
error: Fetch failed.


Can you please help me if I am missing out any steps?
I am struck at this point and not able to move ahead. Kindly provide me an pointer as what is going wrong.

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Viresh Kumar | 21 May 2013 08:20
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[GIT PULL]: ll-interactive-gov-updates : Per policy governor instance

Hi Andrey,

I have got some important updates for Android's Interactive Governor.
These are already sent to Todd Poyner for inclusion into AOSP and
we are awaiting a response.

These changes are important for ARM big LITTLE platforms which
want multiple instances of a governor to be available for a multi
package system.

Until then, we want these patches to land into linux-linaro release via
my tree.

Below is what I did to generate this branch:

- Checked out: https://git.linaro.org/gitweb?p=people/jstultz/android.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linaro-android-3.10-experimental-merge
- Merged v3.10-rc2 into it (As I had some cpufreq core patches included here)
- Applied my patches (8) over it

I am not able to generate a formal PULL request using 'git request-pull'
as 3.10-rc2 is not yet there in your tree.

Please pull git://git.linaro.org/arm/big.LITTLE/mp.git
ll-interactive-gov-updates
into linux-linaro.

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Wang Wei | 21 May 2013 08:18
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Help for Foundation model

Hi all,

Foundation model is closed source propertiary software, but i want to know how i can get more detailed and
comprehensive technical support?

I want to know the work procedure of boot wrapper. For example, make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-
BOOTARGS='"root=/dev/vda2 consolelog=9 rw console=ttyAMA0"'
FDT_SRC=vexpress-foundation-v8.dts IMAGE=linux-system-foundation.axf.
What use are the arguments of BOOTARGS and FDT_SRC? Whether they are used by foundation model or real OS ?
what real use is vexpress-foundation-v8.dts?

Thanks

Xiaoke Wu
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Nicolas Dechesne | 20 May 2013 12:00
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Hwpacks for OE builds?

hi there,

i am aware and familiar with hwpacks that were initially designed and used to generate ubuntu/android Linaro images. 

however i don't know if hwpacks are being used for OE images nowadays? OE has intrinsic mechanism to generate/construct full images which include machine dependent binaries as well as generic components. So are we still using hwpacks for building OE images somehow or not? Can someone point me to relevant documentation?

in the short future i will have to build OE images for a couple of different h/w boards, so i am trying to understand the process to do that a-la Linaro.

thanks

nicolas
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Viresh Kumar | 20 May 2013 12:00
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[RELEASE] big-LITTLE-MP-upstream-v3

Hi Guys,

V3 [1] of latest upstream effort for big LITTLE Architecture is ready for
release. It is based of 3.10-rc1.

    Updates:
    -------
    - Stats: Total distinct patches: 28
    - New branch: master-wq-migration-v5 (Queued for 3.11)
    - New versions of branches: upstream-config-fragments
      upstream-runnable-load-avg-in-load-balance-v5
      upstream-sched-pack-small-tasks-v4-fixed-v3.10-rc1
      upstream-sched-use-LB_MIN-feature-v2-v3.10-rc1
      upstream-task-placement-on-mixed-cpu-power-systems-v1

 <at> Andrey: You don't need to pull this one :)

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[1]: https://git.linaro.org/gitweb?p=arm/big.LITTLE/mp.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/big-LITTLE-MP-upstream-v3
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