OpenELEC Testbuilds for RaspberryPi (Kodi 15.0) Part 1
New OpenELEC I****** build: #0106
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:
# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.18.1 #1 PREEMPT Tue Jan 6 21:18:52 GMT 2015 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Dec 29 2014 14:23:10
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version d3c15a3b57203798ff811c40ea65174834267d48 (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20150106211603-r19908-g0ee55d2 [Build #0106]

# vcdbg log msg 2>&1 | grep DTOK
001584.144: Kernel trailer DTOK property says yes

# Kernel device tree status: Enabled

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (0ee55d28, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (b21166d4, changelog) with the following modifications:
  • Includes newclock4 patches
  • Excludes the OpenELEC fernetmenta patches due to conflicts with newclock4
  • Excludes the OpenELEC linux-01-RPi_support patch in favour of sourcing these and possibly more recent patches directly from kernel branch rpi-3.18.y
  • Excludes the OpenELEC kodi-001-helix_rpb_backports patch in favour of sourcing these and possibly more recent patches directly from newclock4 branch
  • Default setting for "Show RSS Feed" changed to disabled (new installs only) [patch details]
  • Disabled "Total Duration" in Confluence (see build #0221 for details)
  • Adapted service.openelec.settings to take advantage of PR:5217 [patch details]
  • Includes latest libnfs master (9c1d3848)
  • Includes latest libcec master (9f000e43)
  • Includes latest xbmc-pvr-addons master (78397afa)
  • Includes latest xbmc-addon-xvdr master (328fa653)
  • Includes additional ffmpeg codecs/muxers enabled for testing/benchmarking purposes (see patch)
  • Includes animated splash support (patch)
  • Includes commits from libcec-2.2.0 (popcornmix)
  • Exclude lirc_rpi.conf: No longer required, let Device Tree handle lirc_rpi (add "dtoverlay=lirc-rpi" to config.txt)
  • Include patch: Add Linux 3.18.y compatible cfg80211_rx_mgmt
  • Include patch: Enable kernel device-tree support (details)
  • Include patch: Update to Linux 3.18.1
  • Include patch: Add Linux 3.18.y options
  • Include patch: Add *.dtb files to firmware
  • Include patch: Add device tree kernel trailer
  • Include PR:5430: [URIUtils] Fix IsSmb, IsFTP, IsAfp, IsDAV and IsNfs.
  • Include PR:5747: [database] - add setting for hiding watched movies/episodes in recently added lists
  • Include PR:5752: [jsonrpc] Allow retrieving empty TV shows via VideoLibrary.GetTVShows.
  • Include PR:5958: Fix state not saved after #5842 if playing from "Recently added".
  • Include PR:6108: media library: fix path history navigation
  • Revert a8baa02d: Python: cosmetics
  • Revert d4072be7: Python: clean up. config/Makefile and pyconfig are not needed anymore
  • Revert fe5c5eb2: pycrypto: use -shared
  • Revert 3ceb1fe8: Python: replace python-config with our ow script to fix cross builds
  • Revert 6bc6985b: Python: clean up
  • Revert 59c60b08: Python: update to Python-2.7.9
  • Revert 81c08d15: Python: update to Python-2.7.8
Build Highlights:
  1. Device Tree base DTBs updated, LED_GPIO fixes
  2. Add non-mainline source for rtl8192cu wireless driver
  3. Fix for OSD/Volume (dirty region)
Build Details:
  1. XBMC:
    • [pvr] properly select the hovered channel in the channel manager (PR:6056, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • [cosmetic] fix missing default switch statement (PR:6120, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • [cosmetic] initialize members in the order they were declared (PR:6118, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • [confluence] fix cosmetic scrollbar shwing for half setting height (PR:6117, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
  2. newclock4:
    • New commits in this build:
      • TEMP: debug switching from 3d to 2d mode while playing (3688c6bb)
      • Fix switching to monoscopic mode while playing (OSD->3D->Watch as 2D) (8787e2a5)
      • renderer: exit gfx lock when waiting for present time (c58b02e9)
    • Commits no longer in build:
      • [MMALRender] Report video is not on GUI layer (aeedaa41)
  3. kernel 3.18.y:
    • New commits in this build:
      • config: Make LEDS_GPIO builtin rather than a module (a5dda238)
      • Fix the activity LED in DT mode (b1238f8e)
      • Add non-mainline source for rtl8192cu wireless driver version v4.0.2_9000 as this is widely used. Disabled older rtlwifi driver (f5a94139)
  4. Additional commits/pull requests/changes not yet merged upstream:
    • Updated: patch: Add Linux 3.18.y options
      Code:
      -CONFIG_PINCTRL_BCM2708=y
      +CONFIG_PINCTRL_BCM2835=y
    • Updated: patch: Add *.dtb files to firmware
Texture Cache Maintenance Utility: Preload your texture cache for optimal UI performance. Remotely manage media libraries. Purge unused artwork to free up space. Find missing media. Configurable QA check to highlight metadata issues. Aid in diagnosis of library and cache related problems.


Messages In This Thread
RE: OpenELEC Testbuilds for RaspberryPi (Kodi 15.0) - by Milhouse - 2015-01-06, 23:59
Missing splash video - by Dinos52 - 2015-02-09, 21:02
MVC Support - by woronczak - 2015-03-12, 05:28
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