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To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Linux Kernel based project in git
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:05:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9da7f2802f639777acfeb38eb1e3db90.squirrel@webmail.eisendle.net> (raw)

Hi,

I'm rather new to this mailing list so I hope this is the right place for
my question :-)

We recently moved one of our projects over from SVN to git.
This project is basically a Linux BSP for an ARM9 based processor using
Kernel 2.6.22.

For release we always generate 3 patches:
- BSP patch
- USB patch (since USB part is an external patch comming from a 3rd party)
- WiFi patch (same as for USB)

So my question is:
What's the best way for handling this inside the git repository?

IMHO it would make sense to have 3 branches (BSP, USB, WiFi) each based on
unmodified 2.6.22 Kernel. USB and WiFi branch is used for generating the
patch and for applying possible fixes. BSP branch for actual BSP related
feature development and fixes.
The changes in these branches are merged into the master branch which is
used for compiling/testing the whole BSP.

Is this a useful approach or are there other, better ways for generating
the three patches and compiling testing the whole thing?

Thanks!
Christian.

             reply	other threads:[~2010-02-02  9:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-02  9:05 git [this message]
2010-02-02 19:53 ` Linux Kernel based project in git Avery Pennarun
2010-02-03  8:32   ` Christian Eisendle
2010-02-06 11:43     ` Stephen Kelly

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