From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nishanth Menon Subject: Abt git trees and ti sources (was Re: Pending April patches) Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 06:30:42 -0500 Message-ID: <46387662.3000109@gmail.com> References: <46374339.4030102@googlemail.com> <20070502084714.4a23397d.jarkko.nikula@nokia.com> <57314e840705012317m45e2d42y3120f2247393d8f7@mail.gmail.com> <5d5443650705020134n55148159i4d30a35b12695a66@mail.gmail.com> <57314e840705020149v194e4807j886a7efaa15f324@mail.gmail.com> <5d5443650705020246v3e4427b9t9290d3e18de4ff4b@mail.gmail.com> <57314e840705020407q4823911i508d7ad24da47302@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <57314e840705020407q4823911i508d7ad24da47302@mail.gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-omap-open-source-bounces@linux.omap.com Errors-To: linux-omap-open-source-bounces@linux.omap.com To: Budhee Jamaich Cc: linux-omap-open-source@linux.omap.com List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org Budhee, Budhee Jamaich stated on 5/2/2007 6:07 AM: > Let me see I understand this. > TI has published two kernel tarballs - 2.6.10 and 2.6.14 which fully > supports the OMAP. Depends on which omap you are speaking of... in short - yes. TI gives its own variant of the kernel to the community. > But - the community is working on this git source tree, which is > up-to-date > with current kernel, and slowly port code from TI's code into the git > tree ? Not necessarily. Tricky part in a development to a new h/w is the exact registers and sequence of operation. It is really great to get a reference code in this respect. But, some stuff we'd need to do it ourselves. Think of TI code more as a reference code. what you see there need not be the same as to what u'd see in the git. Dont ask me which one is better (supported and code wise too)... each has its own + and -. > > and another question - is there an OMAP-based product, of a big brand, > that uses (or used) this git tree as a basis of their kernel ? Aaaah... Now, can git kernel be a successful base for a production code? Here is one big reality of a production quality code (kernel/application or anything): stability. Any code can only be stable if we refuse to add features and go through a long stage of testing... but as you'd know the git always moves forward... where would u draw a line and stop other people's development on the tree for ur product? This is part of the dilema most companies could face using opensource git as a product model. The risk ofcourse is obsolote kernel variant.... in comparison to the latest kernel ofcourse. Now, the right question you can ask in this list is: will the git tree boot up in any OMAP-based branded product? the answer would be a yes - atleast I have seen nokia: N800(2420 I think), N770(1710 i think) patches on this list... Now if your question is: are there OMAP-based branded products using "git based" code(not necessarily back in our git tree)... I suspect there could be many out there in the wild... I am sure there are folks on this list more capable than I to explain this more... Regards, Nishanth Menon