Fwd: [PATCH 2/5] ARM: OMAP3+: hwmod: Add AM33XX HWMOD data for davinci_mdio

[richardcochran@gmail.com (Richard Cochran)]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 04:58:23AM +0000, Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:
> 
> Now the expectation has grown to the level where people expect everything in 
> the Mainline kernel and not in some custom kernel release.

You are right, except for the "has grown" part. I have always expected
the official kernel releases to be working and complete, without the
kind of half baked stumps that the embedded vendors are pushing.

In my experience with Freescale (and now TI also), the vendor supports
Linux on their platform by providing a heavily patched, quick and
dirty, customized kernel that is kinda, sorta working, somehow. This
provides a way for their customers to get started with the development
kits right away, and as such I have no problem with it.

What I do have a problem with is the fact the vendors then drop the
ball and don't follow through by getting their changes into
mainline. This makes a huge problem for the vendor's customers later
on, when the choice becomes either stay with the dead end vendor
kernel, or try to get mainline working all by themselves.

And so I am pleased to hear that the Ethernet ports on the am335x will
be working in v3.8. Better late than never.

Thanks,
Richard