[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4] efikamx: update to Efika MX Smarttop and Smartbook boards

stefano babic
2012-08-18T22:31:49Z

Am 18/08/2012 23:02, schrieb Matt Sealey:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de> wrote:
>> On 17/08/2012 20:19, Matt Sealey wrote:
>>
>> Anyway, who will maintain the efikas in future ? Marek, do you hold it,
>> or Matt will take this job ?
>
> I can't test every patch
> everyone sends, we just want to be sure it's hit a certain level of
> quality and solve some of the issues we hacked around at the Freescale
> BSP level are in mainline as we simply can't use the BSP version
> anymore (doesn't support bootz or device trees...)
>
>> In last case I would like to see a patch for the MAINTAINER file.
>
> I'll submit it when I feel like we're actually being "forced" to
> maintain it.

You are absolutely not forced - my was a simple question.

> I am of two minds; I will be the responsible party if
> needs be, but that means Efika MX stuff is going to be commercially
> driven by our needs (i.e. runs our boot scripts, supports the board
> the way we dictate (no video, no usb keyboards..), no changes to
> support "developers" if they are simply being too needy),

You are confusing commercial goals with an open source project, as
u-boot is.

> and if it
> doesn't suit us in terms of breaking something or changing behaviour
> wildly, we'll NACK the crap out of it. If that's acceptable, sure...

You can propose your boot scripts to the ML, and they can be accepted or
not, depending if they are helpful for the project.

> Marek says U-Boot doesn't follow this development model, but that
> would put Denx out of business.

Not really - again, you are confusing the way you want to put your
products on the market with an open source project. You can sell of
course your product with the software you decide and you think it is
better - this is your commercial decision. An open source project is
developped with different goals, that are not strictly bound to a single
commercial product.

Best regards,
Stefano Babic

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