From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tony Lindgren Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: make FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER configurable for TI AM33XX Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 13:55:52 -0700 Message-ID: <20121008205552.GC13011@atomide.com> References: <1341325242-17638-1-git-send-email-yegorslists@googlemail.com> <20120924171858.GG28835@atomide.com> <20120924231619.GA28941@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20120925003758.GP28835@atomide.com> <506165CA.7070406@visionsystems.de> <20120925081449.GF31374@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <50616B21.3070909@visionsystems.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from mho-04-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.74]:54117 "EHLO mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753963Ab2JHUz6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Oct 2012 16:55:58 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org To: Dejan =?utf-8?Q?Ga=C4=8Dnik?= Cc: yegor_sub1@visionsystems.de, Russell King - ARM Linux , Yegor Yefremov , linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org * Dejan Ga=C4=8Dnik [120927 07:13]: >=20 > I and my colleagues have developed a brand new very enhanced board ha= ving > AM35xx CPU, 512MB DDR2, DVI, true dual Ethernet support (not using PR= USS), > CAN, SPI, I2C, 7 USBs, etc=E2=80=A6Board is already materialized and = operational. >=20 >=20 > According to our board we have create new machine type in the kernel > (version: linux-3.2-psp04.06.00.07.sdk) and all other required stuff = to > support our board, modify some things, like adding support for dual e= th, > etc. Our goal is to provide this new board to the market (let say wit= h > large quantity) and therefore I am wondering how to start or if it is= even > possible to transfer our kernel change the main stream of this distro= ? > During this kernel modification process we have been looking to not > changing anything in kernel, what could affect other machine types. =46or the mainline kernel, you should go with device tree based booting to start with, we are no longer adding new board-*.c files. For older distro kernels you need to maintain a separate board-*.c file until we have moved everything to use device tree and distros are using that kernel. Regards, Tony -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html