The Seven Year Leap - Updating a Product from Linux 2.6 to 4.15 - A Real-World Project Case Study

The Seven Year Leap - Updating a Product from Linux 2.6 to 4.15 - A Real-World Project Case Study

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Example of almost doing it wrong: Backlight

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Example of almost doing it wrong: Backlight

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The Seven Year Leap - Updating a Product from Linux 2.6 to 4.15 - A Real-World Project Case Study

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 Not the first talk related to working with older kernels
  3. 3 Where are you on the kernel development spectrum?
  4. 4 What was the device in this project?
  5. 5 Older kernel problems NOT resolved
  6. 6 Making the case for the upgrade
  7. 7 Finding the starting point
  8. 8 Getting to a bash prompt
  9. 9 Newer kernel, newer boot loader
  10. 10 Check the new kernel has fixed the blocking issues
  11. 11 Re-adding support for peripherals to new kernel
  12. 12 Example of almost doing it wrong: Backlight
  13. 13 Touchscreen
  14. 14 Display: A bigger challenge
  15. 15 Re-enabled a driver... in the wrong subsystem?
  16. 16 RFBI being stubborn
  17. 17 Regulators
  18. 18 Putting Android back on again
  19. 19 Staying with Kitkat on 4.x kernel
  20. 20 First usable release
  21. 21 Initial feedback from test team
  22. 22 Re-adding PowerVR SGX rendering support
  23. 23 A whole bunch of other bits
  24. 24 How long did it take, in retrospect?
  25. 25 Points to remember when jumping major kernel versions

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