From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5353679E1 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 01:22:01 +1000 (EST) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FaaDe-0004BH-CE for linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org; Mon, 01 May 2006 17:21:51 +0200 Received: from icarus.icarus.com ([64.105.89.2]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 01 May 2006 17:21:50 +0200 Received: from steve by icarus.icarus.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 01 May 2006 17:21:50 +0200 To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org From: Stephen Williams Subject: Re: PPC 405GPr support in linux 2.4.32 Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 08:21:14 -0700 Message-ID: <4456276A.9050405@icarus.com> References: <20060426163540.H16236@cox.net> <20060427180743.GB11206@gate.ebshome.net> <44510E4D.5040504@icarus.com> <20060430164013.GA4631@dmt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-Reply-To: <20060430164013.GA4631@dmt> Sender: news Cc: Willy Tarreau List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > Folks, > > The v2.4 patch acceptance policy has been shifting gradually from > "accept new features" to "critical fixes only", and at this point in > time the goal is to have a minimal amount of modifications as possible. > > There should be no need for major patch reworking with reference to new > v2.4 releases. > > Willy Tarreau created a repository of useful v2.4 patches for this sort > of situations. Stephen, Eugene, I think the 405GPr patches are good candidates. > > http://w.ods.org/linux/kernel/2.4/lkup/hardware.html This (and things like it) needs to be *much* better advertised. I had no idea it existed, or where I would look for such a thing. It does no one any good if no one thinks to look for it;-) If course the next major question is how does one submit patches to this system? -- Steve Williams "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. steve at icarus.com But I have promises to keep, http://www.icarus.com and lines to code before I sleep, http://www.picturel.com And lines to code before I sleep."