[FFe] Support Nitrogen6x board
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bionic |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
u-boot (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Bionic |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Focal |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Groovy |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
[Impact] The existing u-boot package doesn't build the binary u-boot-imx for Nitrogen6x 2G version. Also, we need to support the new subarch in livecd-rootfs for future image builds.
[Test Case] Since essentially these changes are related to hardware enablement (and no official images are yet being produced), the only possible test case is asking the HWE team to verify if the packages in -proposed work as expected on the target device.
For the livecd-rootfs changes - since all the other bits and pieces are still not available (gadget tree for instance), it is not really possible to test this at this point. That being said, addition of a new platform should be safe and the only acceptance criteria would be to make sure the new changes did not regress any existing builds.
[Regression Potential] None. The patches add config changes for a new target (nitrogen6x2g) to generate u-boot-imx.
The changes are tested on the Nitrogen6x board.
As for livecd-rootfs - there is also no possible regression potential. We are only adding new case conditionals for a new platform.
[Feature Freeze Exception]
Even though the required u-boot changes for Nitrogen6x support do not introduce any behavior change in existing packages per-se, the changes do enable a new, not-built previously target by default. All the Ubuntu-specific changes do not affect any existing users, since the nitrogen6q2g target was never officially built for both Ubuntu and Debian.
To reach as many users as possible and become a well-known distribution for IoT and embedded devices, it is important to support as many different devices as possible. Which is why I would like to request a Feature Freeze exception for any hardware-enablement work required for adding Nitrogen6x support.
Test builds of the u-boot package: https:/
Related branches
- Łukasz Zemczak (community): Approve
- Oliver Grawert: Pending requested
- Shrirang Bagul: Pending requested
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Diff: 66 lines (+15/-1)3 files modifiedconfigs/nitrogen6q2g_defconfig (+10/-1)
debian/targets (+3/-0)
include/configs/nitrogen6x.h (+2/-0)
CVE References
summary: |
- Support Nitrogen6x board + [FFe] Support Nitrogen6x board |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
tags: |
added: verification-done-bionic removed: verification-needed-bionic |
Changed in u-boot (Ubuntu Focal): | |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-20.04.2 |
The patches can be pulled from lp:~shrirang-bagul/+git/u-boot:nitrogen6x2g
I am unable to create a LP merge proposal against lp:ubuntu/+source/u-boot:ubuntu/ bionic- updates.
Are there any other ways to send patches?