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From: pgsellmann@portner-elektronik.at (Peter Gsellmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v4] ARM: AT91: add board support for Pcontrol_G20
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:00:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1287388829.1450.21.camel@aspire.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik8qZdU6o+ArBJkUGFNGaN2Ucmkj3kxKKudtRBE@mail.gmail.com>

Am Freitag, den 15.10.2010, 18:31 +0200 schrieb avictor.za at gmail.com: 
> hi,
> 
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:50 AM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
> <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> wrote:
> > On 16:14 Thu 14 Oct     , Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> >> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 04:47:47PM +0200, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
> >> > > diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/pcontrol_g20_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/pcontrol_g20_defconfig
> >> > > new file mode 100644
> >>
> >> Is it really necessary to have another platform specific defconfig rather
> >> than grouping it together with other similar platforms?
> > I'm working on it to merge the cpu and boards together hope to finish it
> > before the end of the merge window
> 
> What's the point of having a board supported by the kernel, if you
> don't include a configuration file to actually make the board usable?
> 
In this scenario, i (and all other board maintainers) have to test the
merged defconfig on my board after the merge. 
If it fails, i have either to maintain a private version of defconfig :-(
or to checkin the needed changes which triggers the same task for (n-1)
board maintainers.

Regards,
Peter

  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-18  8:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-07 15:41 [PATCH] ARM: AT91: add board support for Pcontrol_G20 Peter Gsellmann
2010-10-08 12:34 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2010-10-08 15:10   ` Peter Gsellmann
2010-10-11  9:02     ` [PATCH v2] " Peter Gsellmann
2010-10-11 10:22       ` [PATCH v3] " Peter Gsellmann
2010-10-13 13:15         ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2010-10-13 14:18           ` [PATCH v4] " Peter Gsellmann
2010-10-14 14:47             ` Nicolas Ferre
2010-10-14 15:14               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-10-15  1:50                 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2010-10-15 16:31                   ` avictor.za at gmail.com
2010-10-18  8:00                     ` Peter Gsellmann [this message]
2010-10-19  9:25                 ` Nicolas Ferre

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