[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 4/4] cubieboard: [PATCH] ipconfig: add nameserver IPs to kernel-parameter ip=

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>]

Dear Scott Fan,

On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:16:09 +0800, Scott Fan wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Scott Fan <fancp2007@gmail.com>
> ---
>  .../5e953778a2aab04929a5e7b69f53dc26e39b079e.patch | 133 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  configs/cubieboard2_defconfig                      |   1 +
>  configs/cubieboard_defconfig                       |   1 +
>  configs/cubietruck_defconfig                       |   1 +
>  4 files changed, 136 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 board/cubietech/cubieboard/5e953778a2aab04929a5e7b69f53dc26e39b079e.patch

Thanks for this patch. It is indeed the backport of an upstream kernel
patch. But if we go down the road of backporting patches adding new
features to the kernel for each platform, it's going to be a never
ending story. You are interested by nameserver configuration in ip=,
but the next Buildroot user will want this other backported patch. This
is not manageable I believe.

So, I would suggest that you keep this backported patch in your
project-specific customization. You can use BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR to
point to a place outside of the Buildroot sources, and store your
custom patches here.

Consequently, I will mark your patch as "Rejected" in our patch
tracking system.

Thanks again!

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com