[Arm-netbook] which git tree should i be using for the kernel?

simon at koala.ie simon at koala.ie
Mon Jul 9 15:23:51 BST 2012


On Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:27:57 +0100, Iain Bullard <iain.bullard at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On 9 July 2012 13:23,  <simon at koala.ie> wrote:
>> there are millions of them.
>> where is the focus of activity?
>>
>> i ask because i am trying to create a driver to replace the binary
>> dmt0567.ko that my distribution uses.
>> my research leads me to understand that this is a driver for the
>> DMARD0[567] range of chips; whih in turn appear to be clones of the
>> MMA7660. so i am trying to build that for 3.0.8. but it is a 2.6.x  
>> driver
>> and i'm getting bogged down in that. hence my question.
>
> https://github.com/amery/linux-allwinner/wiki
>
> Is where you should look for information about the kernels and the  
> branches.
>
> Active development is currently on the most functional 3.0 branch and
> the upcoming 3.4 branch.

seems like i have been using the wrong branch. i was using the  
allwinner-3.0 branch of "git://github.com/allwinner-dev-team/

let's start again!
-- 
simon

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