PROCESSOR-SDK-AM62X: linux kernel update schedule

As a rule of thumb the Kernel is usually re-synced with the upstream LTS kernel as the team prepares for each point release (e.g., SDK v10.1., 10.2, ...). You can see this scheme when you look at the merge commits of the kernel tree.

Regards, Andreas

GR said:

Kernek 6.1.x latest miner version was / will been 6.1.83?

Yes that's the current/latest version of the ti-linux-6.1.y tree https://git.ti.com/cgit/ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel/tree/Makefile?h=ti-linux-6.1.y#n2

As there are no more planned updates/release to the v9.x series of SDKs, this will almost certainly be the final version of this Kernel branch. You can also see this from the fact that it was last updated 3 months ago.

If you want to continue using a 6.1 based kernel you can merge additional/newer minor kernel versions yourself into this tree, taken from https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/log/?h=linux-6.1.y   I've tried the same, see below. It (mostly) works seamlessly but there's a couple of merge conflicts that need to be resolved manually.

$ git remote -v
stable  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git (fetch)
stable  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git (push)
ti      https://git.ti.com/git/ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git (fetch)
ti      https://git.ti.com/git/ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git (push)

# Create new branch to continue evolving the TI tree based using 'stable'
$ git checkout -b ti-linux-6.1.y-stable ti/ti-linux-6.1.y
Updating files: 100% (43473/43473), done.
Branch 'ti-linux-6.1.y-stable' set up to track remote branch 'ti-linux-6.1.y' from 'ti'.
Switched to a new branch 'ti-linux-6.1.y-stable'

# Merge the latest 'stable' tree with the TI tree
# The merge goes mostly well, but there are a handful of conflicts that need to
# get resolved manually. See `git status` for details.
$ git merge stable/linux-6.1.y
Auto-merging MAINTAINERS
Auto-merging Makefile
Auto-merging drivers/counter/ti-eqep.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in drivers/counter/ti-eqep.c
Auto-merging drivers/cpufreq/ti-cpufreq.c
Auto-merging drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c
Auto-merging drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c
Auto-merging drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
Auto-merging drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
Auto-merging drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
Auto-merging drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-ilitek-ili9881c.c
Auto-merging drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
Auto-merging drivers/mfd/Makefile
Auto-merging drivers/mmc/host/sdhci_am654.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in drivers/mmc/host/sdhci_am654.c
Auto-merging drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c
Auto-merging drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c
Auto-merging drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpts.c
Auto-merging drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c
Auto-merging drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c
Auto-merging drivers/phy/cadence/phy-cadence-torrent.c
Auto-merging drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-single.c
Auto-merging drivers/remoteproc/ti_k3_r5_remoteproc.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in drivers/remoteproc/ti_k3_r5_remoteproc.c
Auto-merging drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_omap.c
Auto-merging drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
Auto-merging drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-am62.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-am62.c
Auto-merging drivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c
Auto-merging drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt.c
Auto-merging include/sound/dmaengine_pcm.h
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in include/sound/dmaengine_pcm.h
Auto-merging net/hsr/hsr_device.c
Auto-merging scripts/Makefile.build
Auto-merging scripts/Makefile.lib
Auto-merging sound/core/pcm_dmaengine.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in sound/core/pcm_dmaengine.c
Auto-merging sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
Auto-merging sound/soc/ti/davinci-mcasp.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in sound/soc/ti/davinci-mcasp.c
Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.

Regards, Andreas