OpenELEC Testbuilds for RaspberryPi (Kodi 15.0) Part 1
New OpenELEC I****** build: #0108
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:
# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.18.1 #1 PREEMPT Thu Jan 8 21:05:04 GMT 2015 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Jan  6 2015 21:10:47
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 26e1e28d85832fedbbc72792f75071facbd89a48 (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20150108210215-r19910-gbaeb78a [Build #0108]

# vcdbg log msg 2>&1 | grep DTOK
001587.316: Kernel trailer DTOK property says yes

# Kernel device tree status: Enabled

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (baeb78a7, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (dc4d753b, 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 (df137c4a)
  • 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:5752: [jsonrpc] Allow retrieving empty TV shows via VideoLibrary.GetTVShows.
  • Include PR:5958: Fix state not saved after #5842 if playing from "Recently added".
  • 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. Updated libnfs
  2. PR6140 included in newclock4, applying alternative text justification method - better or worse? Feedback would be useful.
  3. Another lirc-rpi fix, but problems may remain
Build Details:
  1. XBMC:
    • cppcheck performance fixes in filesystem/ (PR:6123, 1 commit, 22 files changed)
    • [Confluence] fix header label (9eb6dc0e)
  2. libnfs:
    • set_tcp_sockopt should be static (PR:103, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • fix building on android (PR:101, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • libnfs.c: remove function nfs_get_current_offset (b53cd4d7)
    • libnfs.c: add support for nfs_umask (0c1a5c46)
  3. newclock4:
    • New commits in this build:
      • - added setting for allowing to hide watched movies/episodes/musicvideos in the recently added lists of the home screen (24e09434)
      • - evaluate the setting for hiding watched movies/episodes/musicvideos in recently added job (should influence homescreen of skins only) (c8605b5e)
      • [PATCH] text rendering: dont change character spacing on justify, only word spacing (224e3bf0)
  4. kernel 3.18.y:
    • New commits in this build:
      • lirc-rpi: Use the higher-level irq control functions (b9c9f8fc)
  5. Additional commits/pull requests/changes not yet merged upstream:
    • Added: PR:5430: [URIUtils] Fix IsSmb, IsFTP, IsAfp, IsDAV and IsNfs.
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Messages In This Thread
RE: OpenELEC Testbuilds for RaspberryPi (Kodi 15.0) - by Milhouse - 2015-01-09, 00:55
Missing splash video - by Dinos52 - 2015-02-09, 21:02
MVC Support - by woronczak - 2015-03-12, 05:28
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