AM5728: Kernel version questions

Hi Marcel,

Marcel Vissers said:

4.14.40-g4796173fc5

I assume the g4796173fc5 is a git hash, 

Yes, very close, the git hash is the string without the leading 'g'.

Marcel Vissers said:

how can this number be related to the kernel located on the ti git repository:
https://git.ti.com/cgit/ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel/tree/?h=ti-linux-4.14.y? Or the 4.14.40 tag @ https://git.ti.com/cgit/ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel/tag/?h=v4.14.40

In general, 'git log --oneline' command on a git repo lists all the commits with the git hashes. In this case, you could do 'git log -1 4796173fc5' or 'git show 4796173fc5' to check what this commit is.

However, you won't find any information of 4796173fc5 in the 'ti-linux-kenrel' git repo, the reason is that the Processor SDK kernel comes from repo https://git.ti.com/cgit/processor-sdk/processor-sdk-linux/ , instead of https://git.ti.com/cgit/ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel/.

Marcel Vissers said:

As for versions, what version of the kernel is recommended for the AM5728 and do we have to manually sync the kernel updates from https://git.ti.com/cgit/ti-linux-kernel?

We recommend to use the kernel released in Processor SDKs, because it has been thoroughly tested on the TI platforms. You don't have to manually sync with every new kernel dot releases unless you have a specific issue with the kernel and it has been fixed in a new kernel dot release.