[U-Boot] [U-boot] Marvell Pull Request

[Tom <Tom.Rix@windriver.com>]

Prafulla Wadaskar wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom [mailto:Tom.Rix at windriver.com] 
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:50 PM
>> To: Prafulla Wadaskar
>> Cc: U-Boot; Paulraj, Sandeep; Minkyu Kang; Wolfgang Denk
>> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] [U-boot] Marvell Pull Request
>>
>> Prafulla Wadaskar wrote:
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Tom [mailto:Tom.Rix at windriver.com] 
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:46 AM
>>>> To: Prafulla Wadaskar
>>>> Cc: U-Boot
>>>> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] [U-boot] Marvell Pull Request
>>>>
>>>> Prafulla Wadaskar wrote:
>>>>> Hi Wolfgang
>>>>>
>>>>> Please pull
>>>> Shouldn't this rather get pulled to u-boot-arm?
>>>> Tom
>>> Hi Tom,
>>> Yes :-) you are right.
>>> I was bit biased since u-boot-marvell.git was cloned from u-boot.git
>>> Shall I generate new email pull request? Or
>>> Can you please kindly pull it to u-boot-arm?
>> I would like to set up a process where I just cherry picked 
>> your changes
>> directly from marvell/master.
>>
>> Comparing marvell/master to arm/next
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>> git cherry t-next
>> + ceb2d57c2205db5bbd868577f756c74a2568160c
>> + 95a4a593b577b6e2f1da2d4b0f5ec86975c33413
>> + 84a45d33c2cc261dbd5411f7c2ad45f6003025b6
>> + e67af44d0167d8237dd2c2ddf8e301d19ca12914
>> + 0413cfecea350000eab5e591a0965c3e3ee0ff00
>> + 3b6a9267f0de7b85d387fa4123d0b58379363447
>> + ffed6c85ce591cd93e28190153fec421c3b2499c <- pick me
>> + c928c19b2563e4977adc0570d06c900ac1e7788c <- pick me
>> + 9ef0569a3c8b0d2458bdbce21a5370807e13e20a <- pick me
>>
>> The others look like they came from u-boot/master
>>
>> It would be helpful but not required if you merged against 
>> arm/master or 
>> arm/next instead of u-boot/master.
> 
> I think this makes more sense to merge it from arm/master, I will do that, I am thinking of creating a branch "arm" instead of disturbing master, what do you think?

I think keeping the branches simple
'master', 'next' and optionally 'testing' is better.

Locally you can do whatever you want.
I make a compound mirror of u-boot, arm and all the vendor arms to
help me navigate the cherry picking.

> 
>> If I can assume what is good in marvell/master, we do not need
>> for you go through the asking for a pulls, they will just happen
>> when I have time, likely over the weekend.
> 
> If I have clean changes in lined with arm/master, then why not to pull?
> 

Yes that would be ideal.
I like to look over the changes before I merge them in so
it is not going to be that automatic.

>> These changes will accumulate in arm/next.
> 
> If this is clear from you that Changes will be accumulated in arm/next then I must rebase a branch on u-boot-marvell.git with arm/next.
> 
>> Less frequently I will merge these to arm/master.
>> This will happen once you and the other arm maintainers have
>> given then the ok.  I was thinking that this could happen monthly
>> but I am open for other suggestions.
> 
> I think monthly will be too long, may be wolfgang can comment better on this :-)

Yup

Tom