[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Helix build: #0502b
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.14.2 #1 PREEMPT Thu May 1 22:37:37 BST 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
May  1 2014 14:54:27
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version f700bbe88d1c62de15ef87e00f360040a89a693e (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC_Helix (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20140502102047-r18314-gd907370

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (d907370, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (088e9fa, changelog) with the following modifications:

• Includes newclock3 (except for d89e8c7, a patch to avoid hammering the GUI, which has been replaced with a static spinner)
  
• Includes Python regex package for evaluation purposes. Initial benchmarking indicates generally positive (and in some cases, significant) performance gains. See this post for a description of how to test effectiveness of this package with addons
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC linux-01-RPi_support-4b3694f patch in favour of sourcing these and possibly more recent patches directly from kernel branch rpi-3.14.y
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC xbmc-master-newclock3 patch in favour of sourcing these and possibly more recent patches directly from newclock3 branch
  
• Default setting for "Show RSS Feed" changed to disabled
  
• Disabled "Total Duration" in Confluence (see build #0221 for details)
  
• ALSA is enabled and any suitable hardware should be available in XBMC Audio Settings
  
• FIQ FSM is enabled by default. See initial post for more details.
  

Build Highlights:

Goodbye Gotham, hello Helix - initial Helix build (XBMC 14), with ffmpeg2. New firmware (USB fix)

1. Firmware (May 01):
   • kernel: config: Enable CONFIG_DMA_CMA which may fix fiq dsm cache coherency issues See: raspberrypi/linux#575
     
   • kernel: config: Add CONFIG_USB_HOS module (option branded GSM modem). See: raspberrypi/linux#580
     
   • tvservice: Allow requesting NTSC frequency variants of hdmi modes See: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewto...91&t=75589
     
2. OpenELEC:
   • Add support for ffmpeg2
     
   • 0502b: Includes mediacenter package dependencies (simplejson, regex, pycrypto, service.openelec.settings)
     
3. XBMC:
   • Upgrade to ffmpeg2
     
   • Lots of other changes, too many to mention - see xbmc changelog
     
4. kernel 3.14.y:
   • config: enable CONFIG_DMA_CMA - it may fix cache coherency issue in USB driver. See #575