which kernel source for bbb ?

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#1

Hi, which one do you advise ?

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev
https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel
https://github.com/beagleboard/linux

what is the difference ?

Micka,

#2

On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:04:15 +0200, Micka
<mickamusset@gmail.com> declaimed the
following:

Hi, which one do you advise ?

  Did you examine what each of those contains?

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev

  Per the readme, that is just a bunch of scripts for building the
kernel, but the source is elsewhere...

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel

  Last updated in 2014 -- I'd consider that quite dead

https://github.com/beagleboard/linux

  Readme implies four kernel versions in both normal and RT variants, and
updated last week...

#3

Recheck https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel. If you change the branch you’ll find it was updated a couple of days ago.

In fact, that’s the one I point my students to (https://elinux.org/EBC_Exercise_08_Installing_Development_Tools_4.4) Once the desired branch is selected, it has scripts to load the correct cross compiler and the kernel and compile everything.

–Mark

#4

I prefer also https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel
there is everything to compile easily and deploy the kernel.

But I would like to know the difference with

https://github.com/beagleboard/linux ?

which one is more up to date ?

which one is the best ?

#5

On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 14:06:07 -0700 (PDT), "Mark A. Yoder"
<mark.a.yoder@gmail.com> declaimed the
following:

Recheck https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FRobertCNelson%2Fbb-kernel&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEphfpJo-gInNxoADXdcwriHE1dhw>.
If you change the branch you'll find it was updated a couple of days ago.

  Okay -- so I normally don't use GIT, and never used branches in it...

  Maybe the readme for master could add some clause about "current
development is found under branches" <G>

#6

Good idea. I’ve just put in a pull request with a more helpful README.md

–Mark

#7

I would like that someone tell us which source is more reliable, more
up to date for the beagleboneblack :

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel
https://github.com/beagleboard/linux