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knc1 · 10-04-2013, 09:16 AM

Shall we have a new tag for the Kpw-Gen2 device (K6) ?

Pro:
It is a different processor (i.MX6) than the existing K5 devices (i.MX508).
It uses a much newer kernel (series 3.0 rather than 2.6) with a much newer toolchain and C library (see the Amazon source release bundle).

Con:
It breaks with our tradition of using the major version number of the firmware series (all three devices run series 5.x firmware).

Comments in this thread please.

10-04-2013, 09:16 AM	#1
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	Naming the baby Shall we have a new tag for the Kpw-Gen2 device (K6) ? Pro: It is a different processor (i.MX6) than the existing K5 devices (i.MX508). It uses a much newer kernel (series 3.0 rather than 2.6) with a much newer toolchain and C library (see the Amazon source release bundle). Con: It breaks with our tradition of using the major version number of the firmware series (all three devices run series 5.x firmware). Comments in this thread please. Last edited by twobob; 10-30-2013 at 05:07 PM.