Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Kumar Gala]

One issue that comes up from time to time is knowing who to contact 
about some of the various boards that are supported for PPC.  I've 
suggested in the past that we create a MAINTAINERS file in 
arch/ppc/platforms.  I've started with a list of all the _defconfigs 
that we have and would like to see if we can get contacts for the 
boards.  All this list is meant to be is a contact point.

The following is the list, I'll keep a live copy at 
http://gate.crashing.org/~galak/platform-owners.  Once it gets flushed 
out I'll turn it into file that looks more like the toplevel 
MAINTAINERS file.  If we dont have any owners for a board we can 
discuss if support for it should be removed.  Please email me if you 
feel you are the owner of any board/config.

thanks

- kumar

adir
ads8272
apus
ash
beech
bseip
bubinga
cedar
chestnut
common
cpci405
cpci690
ebony
ep405
est8260
ev64260
FADS
gemini
hdpu
ibmchrp
IVMS8
k2
katana
lite5200
lopec
luan
mbx
mcpn765
menf1			Dead (Matt Porter)
mpc834x_sys             Kumar Gala
mpc8540_ads             Kumar Gala
mpc8548_cds             Kumar Gala
mpc8555_cds             Kumar Gala
mpc8560_ads             Kumar Gala
mvme5100
oak
ocotea
pcore
pmac
power3
pplus
prpmc750
prpmc800
radstone_ppc7d
rainier
redwood5
redwood6
redwood
rpx8260
rpxcllf
rpxlite
sandpoint
SM850
SPD823TS
spruce
stx_gp3
sycamore
TQM823L
TQM8260
TQM850L
TQM860L
walnut

Re: Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Simon Richter]

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Hi,

Kumar Gala wrote:

> apus

I have such a beast and would like to get 2.6 to compile and work again
for APUS.

   Simon

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Re: Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Mark A. Greer]

Two things:

1) What is "common" in your list?

2) On a slightly different note...if no one volunteers to look after the 
following ones, I vote to remove them:

> k2
> lopec
> mcpn765
> menf1            Dead (Matt Porter) 

 > pmac  :)

Are there others?

Mark

Re: Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 17:00 -0700, Mark A. Greer wrote:
> Two things:
> 
> 1) What is "common" in your list?
> 
> 2) On a slightly different note...if no one volunteers to look after the 
> following ones, I vote to remove them:
> 
> > k2
> > lopec
> > mcpn765
> > menf1            Dead (Matt Porter) 
> 
>  > pmac  :)


What is pmac here ? PowerMac or some other board ? :)

Ben.

Re: Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Kumar Gala]

On Jun 2, 2005, at 7:00 PM, Mark A. Greer wrote:

> Two things:
>
> 1) What is "common" in your list?

Good question, hopefully Paul knows.  I just did an ls in 
arch/ppc/configs/ to create the list.

- kumar

Re: Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Matt Porter]

On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 06:19:11PM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> One issue that comes up from time to time is knowing who to contact 
> about some of the various boards that are supported for PPC.  I've 
> suggested in the past that we create a MAINTAINERS file in 
> arch/ppc/platforms.  I've started with a list of all the _defconfigs 
> that we have and would like to see if we can get contacts for the 
> boards.  All this list is meant to be is a contact point.
> 
> The following is the list, I'll keep a live copy at 
> http://gate.crashing.org/~galak/platform-owners.  Once it gets flushed 
> out I'll turn it into file that looks more like the toplevel 
> MAINTAINERS file.  If we dont have any owners for a board we can 
> discuss if support for it should be removed.  Please email me if you 
> feel you are the owner of any board/config.
> 
> thanks
> 
> - kumar
> 
> ash
> beech

These are't in 2.6, remove the defconfig

> bubinga

me/ebs

> cedar

This isn't in 2.6, remove the defconfig

> ebony

me/ebs

> k2

I did the original port, now unmaintained/obsolete..die die die.

> lopec

trini is probably the maintainer here...he likes this board.

> luan

me

> menf1			Dead (Matt Porter)

Remove it, yes.

> oak

I think it's time to remove it...unmaintained.

> ocotea

me/ebs

> rainier

Not in 2.6...remove defconfig

> redwood5
> redwood6

um...dfarnsworth, want them formally?

> redwood

Not in 2.6...remove defconfig

> stx_gp3

me

> sycamore

me

> walnut

me

Re: Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 19:09 -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> On Jun 2, 2005, at 7:00 PM, Mark A. Greer wrote:
> 
> > Two things:
> >
> > 1) What is "common" in your list?
> 
> Good question, hopefully Paul knows.  I just did an ls in 
> arch/ppc/configs/ to create the list.

it's pmac+chrp+prep in a single image

Ben.

Re: Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Dale Farnsworth]

On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 12:18:22AM +0000, Matt Porter wrote:
> > redwood5
> > redwood6
> 
> um...dfarnsworth, want them formally?

Sure, put me down for redwood5 and redwood6

-Dale

Re: Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Kumar Gala]

Ben,

Can I put you do for maintainer of pmac and common?  any others?

- kumar

On Jun 2, 2005, at 7:22 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:

> On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 19:09 -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>> On Jun 2, 2005, at 7:00 PM, Mark A. Greer wrote:
>>
>>> Two things:
>>>
>>> 1) What is "common" in your list?
>>
>> Good question, hopefully Paul knows.  I just did an ls in
>> arch/ppc/configs/ to create the list.
>
> it's pmac+chrp+prep in a single image
>
> Ben.

Re: Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Wojciech Kromer]

Dnia 2005-06-03 01:19, Użytkownik Kumar Gala napisał:

> One issue that comes up from time to time is knowing who to contact 
> about some of the various boards that are supported for PPC. I've 
> suggested in the past that we create a MAINTAINERS file in 
> arch/ppc/platforms. I've started with a list of all the _defconfigs 
> that we have and would like to see if we can get contacts for the 
> boards. All this list is meant to be is a contact point.
>
>
There is another issue..

May I suggest to add one full-custom board?
There are a lot of changes to do inside uart,fec,fcc drivers with a lot
of #ifdefs,
just because different use of mpc resources on different boards.
Why it's not configured via menuconfig?
Another nice example is inside status_led.h...

Re: Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Simon Richter wrote:
> Kumar Gala wrote:
> 
> > apus
> 
> I have such a beast and would like to get 2.6 to compile and work again
> for APUS.

Please coordinate with Roman Zippel.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds

Re: Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Pavel Fedin wrote:
> Kumar Gala wrote:
> > One issue that comes up from time to time is knowing who to contact about
> > some of the various boards that are supported for PPC.  I've suggested in
> > the past that we create a MAINTAINERS file in arch/ppc/platforms.
> 
>  I am an owner of PegasosII board. You didn't mention it here.

Pegasos II is CHRP, hence under common (and BenH will take care of it? ;-).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds

Re: Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Pavel Fedin]

Kumar Gala wrote:
> One issue that comes up from time to time is knowing who to contact 
> about some of the various boards that are supported for PPC.  I've 
> suggested in the past that we create a MAINTAINERS file in 
> arch/ppc/platforms.

  I am an owner of PegasosII board. You didn't mention it here.

-- 
  Kind regards, Pavel Fedin

Re: Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 10:02 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Pavel Fedin wrote:
> > Kumar Gala wrote:
> > > One issue that comes up from time to time is knowing who to contact about
> > > some of the various boards that are supported for PPC.  I've suggested in
> > > the past that we create a MAINTAINERS file in arch/ppc/platforms.
> > 
> >  I am an owner of PegasosII board. You didn't mention it here.
> 
> Pegasos II is CHRP, hence under common (and BenH will take care of it? ;-).

Yup, and Sven Luther is the actual maintainer of that bit of chrp.

Ben.

Re: Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 10:01 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Simon Richter wrote:
> > Kumar Gala wrote:
> > 
> > > apus
> > 
> > I have such a beast and would like to get 2.6 to compile and work again
> > for APUS.
> 
> Please coordinate with Roman Zippel.

Damn ! I had hoped APUS would just die ... :)

Ben.

Re: [UPDATE] Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Kumar Gala]

The following list of boards/platforms still need some ownership.  The 
full list is at http://gate.crashing.org/~galak/platform-owners for 
review.

adir
bseip
cpci405
ep405
est8260
FADS
hdpu
mbx
mvme5100
pcore
radstone_ppc7d
rpx8260
rpxcllf
rpxlite

- kumar

Re: [UPDATE] Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Allen Curtis]

> est8260
> FADS
>
I will take PowerQUIC II boards. (8260, 8266, 8272, 8248, ...)

Note: The RPX boards are commercial products. Their company should 
signup to support or remove from the list.

Re: [UPDATE] Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Kumar Gala]

The following boards have no owners and if they dont get one the plan 
is to kill them:

ep405
mvme5100
pcore

The following boards are schedule to be removed, please scream now if 
you have an issue:

adir			dead (Michael Sokolov)
cedar		dead (Matt Porter)
k2			dead (Matt Porter, Mark Greer)
mcpn765		dead (Mark Greer)
menf1		dead (Matt Porter, Mark Greer)
oak			dead (Matt Porter)
rainier		dead (Matt Porter)
redwood		dead (Matt Porter)
SM850		dead (Wolfgang Denk)
SPD823TS		dead (Wolfgang Denk)

- kumar

Re: [UPDATE] Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Gabriel Paubert]

On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:47:35PM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> The following boards have no owners and if they dont get one the plan 
> is to kill them:
> 
> ep405
> mvme5100
> pcore

Actually mvme5100 and pplus could easily be merged with generic
PreP IIRC. At least I wrote a bootloader that remapped my
MVME2400/2600/2700 to look like an MVME5100 (CHRP memory map
but residual data and no OF). This allows much larger
windows to map to the VME bus (which is often very
sparsely populated).

The only real difference at boot between MVME5100 and
pplus is the mapping of physical addresses to PCI
I/O and memory space, and perhaps also the way to access
the console device. But I don't have any MVME5100 nor
do I plan do buy one (perhaps an MVME6100 but the host
bridge is completely different).

The question is whether we want a residual data to 
pseudo OF device-tree translator in the bootloader
or another way of passing board data to the kernel.
 
	Gabriel

Re: [UPDATE] Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Kumar Gala]

Gabriel,

Agreed, but the question on the table is ownership of the current code.

- kumar

On Jun 8, 2005, at 4:24 AM, Gabriel Paubert wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:47:35PM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>> The following boards have no owners and if they dont get one the plan
>> is to kill them:
>>
>> ep405
>> mvme5100
>> pcore
>
> Actually mvme5100 and pplus could easily be merged with generic
> PreP IIRC. At least I wrote a bootloader that remapped my
> MVME2400/2600/2700 to look like an MVME5100 (CHRP memory map
> but residual data and no OF). This allows much larger
> windows to map to the VME bus (which is often very
> sparsely populated).
>
> The only real difference at boot between MVME5100 and
> pplus is the mapping of physical addresses to PCI
> I/O and memory space, and perhaps also the way to access
> the console device. But I don't have any MVME5100 nor
> do I plan do buy one (perhaps an MVME6100 but the host
> bridge is completely different).
>
> The question is whether we want a residual data to
> pseudo OF device-tree translator in the bootloader
> or another way of passing board data to the kernel.
>
> 	Gabriel

Re: [UPDATE] Getting ownership for various boards/platforms configs

[Kyle McMartin]

On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:47:35PM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> ep405
>

I can take care of this.

Regards,
	Kyle McMartin