OpenELEC Testbuilds for RaspberryPi (Kodi 15.0) Part 1
New OpenELEC I****** build: #0110
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:
# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.18.2 #1 PREEMPT Sat Jan 10 21:03:54 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-20150110210106-r19919-g7b62d75 [Build #0110]

# vcdbg log msg 2>&1 | grep DTOK
001577.045: Kernel trailer DTOK property says yes

# Kernel device tree status: Enabled

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (7b62d755, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (ae419a79, 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 3.18.2
  • 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
  • Revert PR:5436: [Texturepacker] - removesdl (Reverted: Breaks openelec build with "squish" dependency)
  • Revert PR:6170: allow Texturepacker to build with giblib4 and fix a configure bug (Reverted: Breaks openelec build with "squish" dependency)
Build Highlights:
  1. New Kernel 3.18.2
  2. Downgrade to Connman 1.23 (avoid DHCP problems)
  3. Revert more TexturePacker commits, for the time being
  4. lirc-rpi should now be working with/without Device Tree
Build Details:
  1. OpenELEC:
    • create_sdcard: remove support for creating images (PR:3762, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • Add sleep before creating filesystem (PR:3767, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • connman: downgrade to connman 1.23 (PR:3765, 1 commit, 6 files changed)
    • vdr-satip: update to vdr-satip-1.0.1 (PR:3768, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
  2. XBMC:
    • re-touched update Makefile (PR:6173, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • allow Texturepacker to build with giblib4 and fix a configure bug (PR:6170, 4 commits, 3 files changed)
    • [Confluence] use VARs for list overlays (PR:6175, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
    • [Confluence] cosmetics (16fd3bdc)
  3. kernel 3.18.y:
    • New commits in this build:
      • lirc-rpi: Correct the interrupt usage (adf178c0)
    • Commits no longer in build:
      • config: switch on powersave governor (will switch to ondemand on boot) (cb393fa7)
      • Merge pull request #748 from notro/pinctrl (992fda19)
      • config: Make LEDS_GPIO builtin rather than a module (a5dda238)
      • config: Enable W1_SLAVE_DS2406 (411b3f01)
      • squash: Fix bug in gpio interrupt clearing (e46993ce)
  4. Additional commits/pull requests/changes not yet merged upstream:
    • Added: patch: Update to Linux 3.18.2
    • Reverted: PR:6170: allow Texturepacker to build with giblib4 and fix a configure bug (Reverted: Breaks openelec build with "squish" dependency)
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 - 2015-01-11, 02:28
Missing splash video - by Dinos52 - 2015-02-09, 21:02
MVC Support - by woronczak - 2015-03-12, 05:28
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