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Currently, using kernel config fragments is not working. If you try
adding one as documented in the Yocto Mega Manual [1], it will be
ignored.
There are two reasons for this:
- The config fragment logic is in linux-yocto, so we need to
include/require that (this is what linux-raspberrypi does in
meta-raspberrypi).
- We remove ${B}/.config, which undoes any config created by
linux-yocto.
Fix this by including linux-yocto and not removing ${B}/.config. With
this patch, fragments are working again.
[1]
http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.5/mega-manual/mega-manual.html#creating-the-append-file
Signed-off-by: Martin Kelly <mkelly@xevo.com>
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meta-sunxi
Official sunxi OpenEmbedded layer for Allwinner-based boards.
This layer depends on the additional layer:
meta-openembedded: git://git.openembedded.org/meta-openembedded
Tested with core-image-base.
Maintainers:
- Nicolas Aguirre aguirre.nicolas@gmail.com
- Enrico Butera ebutera@users.sourceforge.net
- Sergey Lapin slapin@ossfans.org
Kernel / U-Boot Version
Most Allwinner devices and hardware are supported in mainline kernel and U-Boot, so this layer builds mainline by default. There is a custom U-Boot and Kernel version for sunxi devices which includes some special drivers not mainlined. These versions are rather old (3.4 for kernel and 2014.04 for U-Boot), but may support more functions and devices than current mainline
If you want to switch back to sunxi versions for some reasons (no device tree available, unsupported hardware), either:
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change the file conf/machine/include/sunxi.inc to include the following block
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edit your conf/local.conf to add the following block
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_u-boot="u-boot-sunxi" PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/bootloader="u-boot-sunxi" PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel="linux-sunxi"
If you already have built the mainline versions it might be necessary to reset the build directories with:
bitbake -c clean linux u-boot
Performance
The default machine settings are meant to be the lowest common denominator, maximizing generality. Significantly better performance (2x-3x) can be achieved with the following settings:
Allwinner A20
For Allwinner A20 (Cubieboard2/CubieTruck), the following tuning options are recommended:
Enable hardfloat, thumb2 and neon capabilities
DEFAULTTUNE = "cortexa7hf-neon-vfpv4"
This tuning profile takes advantage of the Allwinner A20 hardfloat, neon and vfpv4 capabilities.
Change CPU governor to ondemand, and tune settings
echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo 336000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq
echo 912000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
#More aggressive
#echo 1008000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
echo 40 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold
echo 200000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/sampling_rate
This code changes the default CPU governor from fantasy to ondemand, and tunes its settings, as recommended at http://linux-sunxi.org/Cpufreq
For additional discussion, see https://github.com/linux-sunxi/meta-sunxi/issues/25