[Arm-netbook] Top Priority Software Tasks

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 07:03:50PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:

> > I think finding out what that bug that prevents us from using a modern
> > version of linux is a high priority too.
> 
>  the list of peripherals and features supported is right there on the
> linux mainline sunxi page.  when it's at 100% full and complete
> support for *all* hardware features (VPU, 2D engine etc. included),
> and the available libraries (libcedrus through libvdpau,
> xserver-xorg-fb-turbo and more) have *all* been updated to support
> that linux mainline kernel version, then and *only* then is it okay to
> *consider* abandoning the many months of (tested, proven) work done
> over the past few years and to *consider* releasing updated OSes to go
> on top of them.

Originally the issue was that it has failed to boot. Issues with the
boot loader. What about those? An issue with kernel >= 4.9 or so.

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