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XabiX
15-11-12, 12:56
Hello,

I was wondering if the QUAD can be using a 3.x kernel like some others GB.

Do we know if GB is going to release 3.x drivers or if this needs to be done by the community?

Thanks
XabiX
marty
15-11-12, 13:30
Why not send them an email and ask ;)

sales@gigabluebox.de
XabiX
15-11-12, 13:54
Why not send them an email and ask ;)

sales@gigabluebox.de

I just did. Will let you know!
marty
15-11-12, 14:18
I just did. Will let you know!

:thumbsup:
Rob van der Does
15-11-12, 15:03
Do we know if GB is going to release 3.x drivers or if this needs to be done by the community?
Without 'being GB' the answer is really quite easy: pretty sure GB will update the kernel; and as drivers can only be developed by the manufacturer it's up to them to release them, not to 'the community'.
marty
15-11-12, 15:08
I was under the impression that Gigablue are waiting on Broadcom to do something?
Larry-G
15-11-12, 15:48
GB are waiting on broadcom to release the microcode so that they can increase the kernel version.
Rob van der Does
15-11-12, 16:07
Naah, the SDK is there, that's not the point.
XabiX
27-11-12, 15:19
Here is their answer after a few weeks :-s


Hello,

yes GigaBlue quad will be with new Kernel 3.x.x supported

I then asked when if we know on which 3.x branch but no answer so far
tinos
01-12-12, 13:52
Hope they release it soon... the Vu+ Solo2 comes with Kernel 3.x already and uses same Broadcom chipset... so guess missing SDK is not true...
http://code.vuplus.com/gitweb/?p=vuplus_openembedded;a=commitdiff;h=539c38616e3c 8aeed695d1f69e8a3354b5e85692
Rob van der Does
01-12-12, 13:55
Correct, but maybe they're optimising the drivers first before compiling them against a younger kernel?
warajoker
12-12-12, 21:40
what are the advantages of this 3.x kernel compared to the one we currentley use
Trial
12-12-12, 22:55
Hi,
I can only speak from my experience with VU+. When they released a 3.x kernel they also switched to the UBIFS file system for flash which was quite a bit faster which means faster booting. Overall driver support for USB devices is better in new kernel.

ciao
XabiX
12-12-12, 23:43
no much news on the kernel 3.x and others features being dev or fixes in the pipe.
Rob van der Does
13-12-12, 05:35
It's about compatibility (mainly for drivers), maintainability (it's hard to maintain an old kernel like this one) and support of modern features.
More or less the same reason we hardly use Windows 98 these days.