[U-Boot-Users] Policy WRT board support patches

[U-Boot-Users] Policy WRT board support patches

[Stephen Williams]

My company is working on a board that runs Linux and U-Boot.
It's booting and running Linux now, so I'm starting to think
in terms of maybe getting the board support files checked into
the main source trees.

So what is the maintainer's policy on board support files for
boards that are not quite released yet? I expect the board
will be released in the next few months as part of the Picture
Elements Inc. product line. We're marketing it as an application
specific board, although we intend to include the complete
development kit with it.
-- 
Steve Williams                "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
steve at XXXXXXXXXX           But I have promises to keep,
http://www.XXXXXXXXXX         and lines to code before I sleep,
http://www.picturel.com       And lines to code before I sleep."

[U-Boot-Users] Policy WRT board support patches

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Steven,

in message <2317-92319@sneakemail.com> you wrote:
> 
> My company is working on a board that runs Linux and U-Boot.
> It's booting and running Linux now, so I'm starting to think
> in terms of maybe getting the board support files checked into
> the main source trees.

Good idea.

> So what is the maintainer's policy on board support files for
> boards that are not quite released yet? I expect the board

There is no special policy. These are patches like all  others,  too.
See the README.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
Software Engineering:  Embedded and Realtime Systems,  Embedded Linux
Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87  Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88  Email: wd at denx.de
Crash programs fail because they are based on the theory  that,  with
nine women pregnant, you can get a baby a month.  - Wernher von Braun