Re: RFC: creating "extras" layer

[Steffen Sledz <sledz@dresearch-fe.de>]

On 20.06.2012 06:37, Jason Kridner wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 2:58 AM, Steffen Sledz <sledz@dresearch-fe.de> wrote:
>> On 13.06.2012 16:15, Enrico wrote:
>>> ...
>>> So the question is: are there any plans in TI to properly support its
>>> platforms or will this continue to be a place where to drop some code,
>>> forget about it and then move it to an extra layer?
>>
>> It's really a great pity that there is no (official) response from TI to this . :(
> 
> TI has official support for BeagleBoard-xM and BeagleBone in Arago
> (currently based on OE Classic).  I feel, however, that we aren't
> doing enough to collaborate with community developers on these vendor
> kernels/BSPs, though we are starting to catch our stride on upstream
> contributions (TI is now the #2 semiconductor contributor to the Linux
> kernel per [1]).
> 
> Work will start in earnest in the next month to move this support to
> meta-ti.  The current proposal seems to be an attempt to clear-up
> responsibility and organization ahead of that effort.
> 
> [1] http://www.remword.com/kps_result/3.4_whole.html

Hi Jason,

thanx for this answer. Just a short question? I can't see if this is your personal view or an official TI statement?

Steffen

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