SDK/Road to 1.2

Revision as of 11:50, 13 April 2011

MeeGo 1.1.2 SDK Update

Version: 1.1.2

Related Release: MeeGo 1.1 SDK

This update is highly recommended for all users running MeeGo 1.1 SDK.

Changes in this release

This release includes the following changes for MeeGo 1.1 SDK:

• Ubuntu 10.10 support is added.
• MeeGo SDK now supports Windows XP and Windows 7 operating systems. For instructions, see SDK/Docs/1.1/Getting started with the MeeGo SDK for Windows.

• The following new targets are introduced:
  • meego-core-armv7l-1.1.2
  • meego-handset-ia32-1.1.2
  • meego-netbook-ia32-1.1.2

• The following new runtimes are introduced:
  • meego-handset-ia32-qemu-1.1.2-runtime
  • meego-netbook-ia32-qemu-1.1.2-runtime

• Qemu enhancement
  • The OpenGL acceleration support for MeeGo image (IA32 only) running on Qemu.
  • Enable ALSA as audio backend.(Linux only)
  • Run MeeGo image without kvm support. (IA32 and Linux only)

• The following components have been updated:
  • libmeegotouch
  • libqtwebkit-devel, qmf-devel, zypper packages have been added to the sysroot
  • kmod-virtiogl (Inside runtime update to enable OpenGL acceleration for IA32.)
  • meego-sdk-qemugl-addon (Inside runtime update to enable OpenGL acceleration for IA32.)
  • qemu (Qemu update with OpenGL acceleration for IA32 image.)

Fixed bugs

The following bugs have been fixed in this release:

• http://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8938: Linker error when trying to compile MTF application with i586 sysroot/toolchain
• http://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11679: QEMUGL should have more check of GL capabilities before enabling GL acceleration
• http://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10945: QEMU GL acceleration does not work with MeeGo 1.1 image when mcompositor takes effect
• http://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10667: When start Meego Runtime the UBUNTU will lose sound
• http://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11271: Qemu cannot be launched on Ubuntu 10.10, kernel could boot up, but UI does not show up due to the crash of "syuid" and "duihome"
• http://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11675: Handset image (1.1 release) cannot boot to UI if "kvm" is disabled

For more information, see the bug descriptions in http://bugs.meego.com.

Instructions for updating the SDK

To upgrade the SDK in the Linux operating system:

1. Remove the Qt Tools directory before creating the MeeGo 1.1.2 SDK target. Use the following commands: Under 32-bits OS: sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/madde/linux-i686/tools/qt-tools-4.7.0-* Under 64-bits OS: sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/madde/linux-x86_64/tools/qt-tools-4.7.0-*

2. Update the distribution and create the required MeeGo 1.1.2 SDK targets. For instructions, see SDK/Docs/1.1/Getting started with the MeeGo SDK for Linux.

3. Configure the required runtimes. For instructions, see SDK/Docs/1.1/Configuring QEMU runtimes.

To upgrade the SDK in the Windows operating system:

1. Uninstall the previous MeeGo 1.1 SDK.

2. Install and configure MeeGo 1.1.2 SDK on your Windows development system. For instructions, see section SDK/Docs/1.1/Getting started with the MeeGo SDK for Windows.