I'm so confused about Linux kernel source released from TI omapzoom and mainline kernel...

Qian Huang

Prodigy 130 points

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TWL6030, TWL6040

I’m an engineer working on porting Linux audio driver to a custom platform,

which is similar to TI SDP4430 (OMAP4430 + TWL6030 + TWL6040).

I found the source code released from TI-omapzoom and official Linux kernel website are so different,

especially audio driver. However, both of them seem to have the same author.

Could anyone tell me what’s the difference between TI-released source code and mainline Linux kernel?

I’m so confused.

Thanks in advance.

over 12 years ago

0 Israel Cepeda over 12 years ago

TI__Expert 5515 points

Hi Quin,

That is because before go to mainline all changes are done in the omap kernel, from there after it is stable it is merge to the mainline kernel, so we can say that the drivers at mainline are no the more recent but are stables, although that doesn't mean that changes in omap kernel are not stables, but are under development.

From here you have two options, to use a stable version or use the latest changes in omap kernel.

0 Qian Huang over 12 years ago in reply to Israel Cepeda

Prodigy 130 points

I see. Thanks for your reply!

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I'm so confused about Linux kernel source released from TI omapzoom and mainline kernel...