ARM Linux Kernel Update

[Satay Epic]

Thanks Arnd. I will try it out.

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 1:40 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> wrote:
> On Thursday 12 November 2015 22:43:53 Albino B Neto wrote:
>> 2015-11-12 21:46 GMT-02:00 Satay Epic <satayepic at gmail.com>:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I've an ARM SL3516  board with Linux 2.6.15 and I've tool-chain setup.
>> > I could able to compile the GPL source.  This board has red-boot.
>> >
>> > I would like to update the kernel to 3.8.24.  My first attempt so not
>> > sure about anything I should know, gotchas  etc.
>> >
>> > Any advice about the compilation , config will be appreciated.
>
> 3.8.24 is also really old already, try going to 4.1 or 4.3 right away,
> and submit any patches that you might need for integration into
> mainline Linux once you are done.
>
> See http://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt.git;a=tree;f=target/linux/gemini;h=b74c3d8f0100e2ac8a4d71c4d23c082db2993e63;hb=HEAD
>
> for a tree that has some of the missing parts for gemini, including a
> config and some drivers that might be helpful. This is based on 4.1
> and should be easy enough to forward-port to 4.3 if you want.
>
>> > I tried using the  existing  ".config" but not sure some SL3512
>> > specific options would work?
>
> Start with the config-4.1 file from openwrt.
>
>> > Looking at the distribution,  I don't see the  "mach-sl2312" listed.
>> > Can you just copy it from the old distribution and does it work this
>> > way?
>> >
>> > There is this "mach-gemini" but it seems only for some W boards.
>
> mach-gemini is what you want.
>
>         Arnd