[U-Boot] [RFC PATCH v2 0/5] Initial IPv6 support

Wolfgang Denk
2013-01-18T10:25:35Z

Dear Albert ARIBAUD,

In message <20130118092041.0c827374@lilith> you wrote:
>
> > This series so far covers the introduction of a IP6addr_t and
> > printing/parsing of addresses.
>
> As a general comment, I heartily welcome IPv6 support (even though I

Me too! :-)

> but I wonder how this fits in with the general line of not adding dead
> code in U-Boot. Will we make an exception for IPv6 and accept this RFC
> once it is officially submitted? Or do we collect small, reviewable
> RFCs for various IPv6 aspects but apply them in one go? Or do we create
> a branch or tree where IPv6 will get integrated step by step until
> solid enough for mainline inclusion? Or was this decided already and I
> missed it?

My understanding was that this patch set was for reviewing purposes
only (hence RFC). Your dead code hint is absolutely correct: for
integration into mainline we need users of the code, i. e. for example
DHCP and TFTP support...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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