Re: [PATHC] ATAG export for the linux kernel

[Uli Luckas <u.luckas@road.de>]

On Friday, 7. December 2007, Hans Henry von Tresckow wrote:
 > On Dec 7, 2007 3:38 AM, Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> wrote:
 > > On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 11:06 +0000, Uli Luckas wrote:
 > > > Hans Henry, thanks for testing. Good to know it worked for you. Let's
 > > > see how we can get this thing pushed upstream.
 > > >
 > > > 1) I put this on the OE list as the original code is maintained 
in OE.
 > >
 > > And
 > >
 > > > that's why I'd like the code to be pushed to the OE repository first.
 > > > I am not really an OE developer though. Is someone willing to do 
the OE
 > > > integration to give my patch a home?
 > >
 > > I'm happy for the userspace side of things to be added in OE. I have
 > > some reservations about the way the kernel patch is added to the zaurus
 > > code, particularly about the way the kernel commandline is handled 
from
 > > the broken bootloader and I need to find some time to look at that. I'm
 > > fine with the patch in principle though, I just want it right when its
 > > added (and preferably upstream too, the existing zaurus changes 
will not
 > > be accepted upstream).
 > >
 > > > 2) I need to push the kernel patch via Russell. Mike, I have not 
heard
 > > your opinion. Will you support this patch?
 > > >
 > > > 3) I need to push my userspace work. My work is based on code by
 > > > Richard though. Richard, please jump in and let us know how you'd 
like
 > > > to
 > >
 > > proceede?
 > >
 > > I did try and find the kexec-tools maintainer but got distracted and
 > > never got back to it. Does anyone know who we need to send this to? I
 > > will try and get that done this weekend...
 > >
 > > > I'd really like to see kexec working on arm without any patches soon.
 > >
 > > Agreed. I'm sorry I haven't found time to look at this yet, I will try
 > > hard to do so this weekend.
 > >
 > > Regards,
 > >
 > > Richard
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > > Richard,
 >
 > I updated http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3397 with a new
 > patch to filter out the Sharp command line (for poodle at least). Let me
 > know if that approach makes more sense.
 >
I think I am missing something here. Didn't you (Hans Henry) report my 
kernel
patch to work on poodle?
As I don't have a Sharp, could someone clue me in what problem you guys are
trying to sove here?

 > http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3430 has the userspace kexec
 > patch.
 >
Thanks for forwarding the patch to the right channel.

Regards,
Uli

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