Re: [meta-freescale] Linux v5.10 for i.MX8 development

"Tom Hochstein" <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 01:42:03 +0000

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On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 2:10 PM Andrey Zhizhikin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 7:11 PM Tim Harvey <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > Could you explain the difference between NXP's 'lf-' and 'imx-'
> > branches? I can never understand their branch naming scheme nor their
> > commit log prefix scheme.
> 
> This was always a mystery to me as well... I guess I would need to
> make a disclaimer here: I'm neither employed nor affiliated with NXP,
> so I cannot answer this. :)
> 
> If there is a person from NXP on this list, then perhaps he/she can
> comment on this point.

For the 'lf' releases certain shared components like kernel are aligned with other NXP product lines, like QorIQ and s32, not just i.MX.

Tom