[Milhouse]

New OpenELEC Helix build: #1205
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.17.4 #1 PREEMPT Fri Dec 5 22:48:01 GMT 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Dec  3 2014 17:26:22
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 23776f83288e23b6d1fc197390f79cf4cc05f558 (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20141205224652-r19737-g707e6ae [Build #1205]

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (707e6ae5, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (ecd5425b, 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-3.17.y
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC xbmc-001-newclock4 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 (5eea1476)
  
• 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)
  
• Included pastebin: Add device tree kernel trailer
  
• Included pastebin: Enable kernel device-tree support
  
• Included pastebin: Add *.dtb files to firmware
  
• Included PR:3657: [rfc] kodi crashlogs
  
• Includes PR:5573: webserver: improved caching control (see discussion)
  
• Includes PR:5747: [database] - add setting for hiding watched movies/episodes in recently added lists
  
• Includes PR:5752: [jsonrpc] Allow retrieving empty TV shows via VideoLibrary.GetTVShows.
  

Build Highlights:

1. Device Tree enabled kernel (discussion). This should avoid kernel module conflicts with addon hardware, particularly i2s cards. Should be working with HiFiBerry and iQaudIO cards. Shouldn't break anything. Anyone not using i2s hardware should find the unwanted modules are no longer loaded
   
2. Updated kodi-splash service to include "Requires=graphical.target" - see if this avoids hanging
   

Build Details:

1. XBMC:
   • [art] use correct art type when appending art to item lists (PR:5886, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
2. libnfs:
   • libnfs.c: fix typo, it is readahead not readahaed (5f6442d1)
     
   • DOCS: document the readahead url argument (9c1d3848)
     
3. newclock4:
   • New commits in this build:
     • native resolution (b70241c2)
       
     • allow to disable native resolution switching through GUI (eaf445d7)
       
4. kernel 3.17.y:
   • New commits in this build:
     • Remove "console=ttyAMA0" from the base device tree files (239c2b69)
       
     • fdt: Add support for the CONFIG_CMDLINE_EXTEND option (89e91801)
       
     • fdt: Take more care with the CMDLINE_EXTEND option (79804975)
       
5. Additional commits/pull requests not yet merged upstream:
   • Included pastebin: Add device tree kernel trailer
     
   • Included pastebin: Enable kernel device-tree support
     
   • Included pastebin: Add *.dtb files to firmware