From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.ebshome.net (gate.ebshome.net [64.81.67.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "gate.ebshome.net", Issuer "gate.ebshome.net" (not verified)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D4EF67A00 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:24:20 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:24:18 -0700 From: Eugene Surovegin To: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: 85xx FDT updates? Message-ID: <20060425182418.GA1132@gate.ebshome.net> References: <4C61B597-BD91-4D05-BB40-43DE0319F123@kernel.crashing.org> <17017F03-078C-4B7F-A961-EC371F534E27@embeddedalley.com> <34C11E8A-ED04-490F-B601-841DC1F94AD6@kernel.crashing.org> <20060425074902.GA20228@gate.ebshome.net> <66B13296-80E8-4C9E-803D-F4E3D7AABB25@embeddedalley.com> <853005AF-8F43-454D-80E6-F39308F89A47@kernel.crashing.org> <20060425170857.GE20228@gate.ebshome.net> <20060425180119.GF20228@gate.ebshome.net> <265F73F8-F641-4EDD-B88F-A2B2F7FA1308@kernel.crashing.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <265F73F8-F641-4EDD-B88F-A2B2F7FA1308@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: "linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org" List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 01:14:55PM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote: > > >What you will end up with is that that small amount of embedded people > >who bother to contribute something back will stop doing this. We are > >more than capable of maintaining our internal kernel trees :). > > I'm not sure what to say to this. Things need to move forward at > some point. I don't see how removing features and breaking compatibility with almost _all_ current embedded PPC boards boards is "moving forward". Enlighten me, please. > I still not clear as to what exactly you are advocating > beyond that we should keep the arch/ppc code around for ever. Providing compatibility for non-flat-tree firmware. This doesn't mean keeping arch/ppc. -- Eugene