From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: stigge@antcom.de (Roland Stigge) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:29:26 +0200 Subject: Adding new board to Kernel In-Reply-To: <201209191855.39859.arnd@arndb.de> References: <201209191855.39859.arnd@arndb.de> Message-ID: <505AC5D6.8040702@antcom.de> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Hi, On 09/19/2012 08:55 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> The Embedded Artists has a board based on ARM LPC3250 called EA3250 and >> they provide a BSP with patch to Linux Kernel version 2.6.29.2. I am trying >> to "up merge" this patch to Kernel v3.4 (now 3.5) and after that get it in >> the mainstream. Although I have a working version ( >> https://github.com/jrbenito/Kernel-LPC3250) I still have doubts on how to >> correct submit it to mainline kernel. >> >> -The machine type is already registered in past ( >> http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/list.php?id=2512) but it is >> not in mainline. Since I shall not patch this file, how can I ask to it be >> updated with ea3250 board information? We already have ea3250.dts in mainline since v3.5. Roland