Re: [PATCH 5/6] MN10300: Add the MN10300/AM33 architecture to the kernel [try #5]

[David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>]

Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> If it is indeed the case that this architecture is used internally by a
> single organisation then perhaps it doesn't make sense for us to merge it.

I don't know that this is so.  I can ask them, but I don't know if they'll
tell me that.

Furthermore, it's better to have the code upstream[*].  That way the person
wanting to make a sweeping change across all arches who knows how the change
should be made can have a go at making the change, rather than someone who's
constantly playing catchup and may not understand fully.

 [*] As people keep saying.

Constantly playing catchup really isn't fun, as I'm sure you appreciate with
maintaining the -mm tree.  You, after all, do it on a much larger scale than
everyone else.

> I guess if it were possible to install a self-built kernel into a Panasonic
> gadget then we could look at it on that basis.  Do you know if that's the
> case?

I don't, no.  Besides, I *do* have Panasonic devices I can install random
software and hardware on to:-)  But it's not COTS stuff.

David