Git SCM for LTIB

[changyuheng]

Hello everybody,

I have i.MX 6 Quad Sabre-SD.

I want to build up a repository which contains sub-repositories for LTIB using Git since I might want to commit some patches for it. I'm familiar with Android's 'repo' and already build up a Git server using both Gitolite and Gerrit. What I want to know is can I make a Git-repo for LTIB? Where is the commit logs inside L3.0.35_4.1.0_130816_source.tar.gz's packages. And after I ran ./L3.0.35_4.1.0_130816_source/install, what files it put into my hard drive should I keep in the SCM?

Thanks for your attention.

[changyuheng]

Thanks for your quickly reply. That's really helpful!

[OtavioSalvador · Accepted solution]

I advice you to move to Yocto. It has many benefits in doing this move, mainly:

• nicer community
• up to date software stack
• newer BSPs easy to adopt
• GIT friendly
• easier to get company support / consulting (we do it)
• big support range

O.S. Systems is the maintainer of meta-fsl-arm Yocto layer support[1]. We’ve been working on it since December of 2011.  Currently in the upcoming 1.5 release[2] it already provides support for 34 i.MX based boards.

1. http://freescale.github.io/doc/release-notes/1.4/

2. http://freescale.github.io/doc/release-notes/current/

[LeonardoSandova]

That is what Yocto exactly does. If you can move to Yocto, do it. LTIB is provided as a single tarball and there is no git repository. So either you git-initialize the ltib folder and git-ignore the rpm folder (tmp folder is the counterpart in Yocto), or move to Yocto. I will go for the second option.

Leo