[U-Boot] Custodians, Maintainers and old platforms

Tom Rini
2012-09-25T16:02:06Z

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On 09/21/12 18:24, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:28:18 -0700, Tom Rini <trini@ti.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> (I had attempted to bcc this to all listed maintainer, but that
>> upset Google greatly. I'll send this out manually instead
>> later).
>>
>> I'd like to put this out here for custodians and maintainers to
>> consider, especially in light of the device model work that's not
>> just coming but has already started being posted.
>>
>> One of the keys to the success of U-Boot has been the number of
>> platforms that are supported. But part of supporting platforms
>> is needing people to volunteer to maintain them long term and
>> help with testing changes and so forth. So first of all, I've
>> just tagged v2012.10-rc1. Please give this at least a basic test
>> on whatever platforms you're able to.
>
> Just started some minimal testing on edmini (Marvell orion5x). Will
> be able to test on wireless_space (Marvell kirkwood). Might be able
> to test on TrimSlice (NVidia Tegra2). Sorry, no TI board handy. :)
>
>> Second, with this, my next branch is now open and I'd like to
>> start it by asking that platforms that people wish to abandon be
>> removed. With the device model, lots of code will need adjusting
>> and while it's mechanical in ways, it still needs to be run-time
>> tested. And it's changes that someone must do. I know others
>> have suggested adding or better publicizing our to-remove file.
>> But one of the advantages of git is that it's easy to bring
>> platforms back, should someone later wish to bring it back. But
>> this also requires the removal to be done cleanly.
>>
>> All of that said, I would like to stress that if you maintain a
>> platform and you wish to help with the testing and perhaps even
>> the conversion effort, no matter the age of the platform it would
>> be welcome and appreciated.
>
> As far as edmini and wireless_space are concerned, I am willing to
> give it a try. Where should I start?

Start by looking over the documents in doc/driver-model/ and talking
with Marek things seem odd.

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Tom
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