OpenELEC Testbuilds for RaspberryPi (Kodi 15.0) Part 1
New OpenELEC I****** build: #0123
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:
# uname -a
Linux rpi512 3.18.3 #1 PREEMPT Fri Jan 23 23:34:25 GMT 2015 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Jan 22 2015 00:04:19
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 2433779e6b2d922c3d1fff6101413156e7db747c (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
OpenELEC (Milhouse) - Version: devel-20150123233201-r20111-gb554bfb [Build #0123]

# vcdbg log msg 2>&1 | grep DTOK
001599.469: Kernel trailer DTOK property says yes

# Kernel device tree status: Enabled

Based on tip of OpenELEC master (b554bfb8, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (c91696a3, 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 (8e991ffb)
  • Includes latest libcec master (9f000e43)
  • Includes latest xbmc-pvr-addons master (4211d7ca)
  • Includes latest xbmc-addon-xvdr master (6ba17254)
  • 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 kodi-102-dont_really_depend_on_SDL_image.patch: No longer required
  • Exclude lirc_rpi.conf: No longer required, let Device Tree handle lirc_rpi (add "dtoverlay=lirc-rpi" to config.txt)
  • Include d6f4bebf: new package: libsquish
  • Include patch: Use our own texturepacker
  • Include patch: Enable kernel device-tree support (details)
  • Include patch: Fix build patch for kodi-pvr-addons
  • Include patch: Build dtb files in kernel tree
  • Include patch: Add device tree kernel trailer
  • Include PR:5752: [jsonrpc] Allow retrieving empty TV shows via VideoLibrary.GetTVShows.
  • Include PR:6201: webserver: refactor, unification of handlers and bug fixes
  • Include PR:6246: [pvr] Improve PVR startup time
Build Highlights:
  1. Enabled full screen dirty regions
  2. Now building device tree blobs in kernel tree
Build Details:
  1. OpenELEC:
    • Radeon: disable RADEON_GEM_GTT_WC for Kabini and Aruba (PR:3822, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • IMX: Disable console blank (PR:3831, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • WeTek update (PR:3824, 6 commits, 12 files changed)
    • linux: always force initrd rebuild (c8650f9c)
    • libdrm: update to libdrm-2.4.59 (aa3f15b2)
    • projects/WeTek_Play/patches/linux: dont use git or svn to get revision infos, this can fail on build (b554bfb8)
  2. XBMC:
    • cppcheck performance fixes in windowing/ (PR:6250, 1 commit, 5 files changed)
    • enable dirty regions for full screen video (PR:6090, 6 commits, 22 files changed)
    • cppcheck performance fixes in view/ (PR:6248, 1 commit, 3 files changed)
    • [PVR] Fix CFileItem::FillInDefaultIcon wrong compare position (PR:6257, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • [PVR] Fix CGUIWindowPVRChannels::Update (back from hidden can not work) (PR:6238, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
    • [pvr] fix: refresh container after view mode is changed in guide window (PR:6251, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • [pvr] fix wrong condition for channel view if no epg items exist (PR:6258, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
    • [pvr] support EPG item type for "ListItem.Premiered" GUI label (PR:6193, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
  3. newclock4:
    • Commits no longer in build:
      • renderer: drop old tempfix firstflippage, did not work anyway because RendererHandlesPresent returned always true (4c73ca19)
      • Set dirty flag in teletext dialog if required (db88529d)
      • renderer: improve rendering to gui and separate video layer (c3651d80)
      • guilib: mark control dirty when setting to invisible (33e8d807)
      • renderer: exit gfx lock when waiting for present time (eb5896fa)
      • Revert "renderer: exit gfx lock when waiting for present time" (960e55e5)
      • pivos: refactor amlogic 3d display switch to occur in Renderer (22c8d0b4)
      • ADD: [AFTV] 3D auto-switch (710167b0)
  4. kernel 3.18.y:
    • New commits in this build:
      • config: Restore some missing options (192d9b82)
      • TAS5713: return error if initialisation fails (56c24bc4)
      • scripts/dtc: Update to upstream version with overlay patches (58fbc9c5)
      • BCM2708_DT: Build the overlays as well (a762170d)
      • Merge pull request #765 from hifiberry/3.18-amp (8d2aebc8)
  5. Additional commits/pull requests/changes not yet merged upstream:
    • Added: patch: Build dtb files in kernel tree
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 - 2015-01-24, 02:01
Missing splash video - by Dinos52 - 2015-02-09, 21:02
MVC Support - by woronczak - 2015-03-12, 05:28
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