From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom Rini Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:02:06 -0700 Subject: [U-Boot] Custodians, Maintainers and old platforms In-Reply-To: <20120922032437.2b81f483@lilith> References: <20120922002617.GB28714@bill-the-cat> <20120922032437.2b81f483@lilith> Message-ID: <5061D57E.5000005@ti.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/21/12 18:24, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > Hi Tom, > > On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:28:18 -0700, Tom Rini 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. - -- Tom -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJQYdV+AAoJENk4IS6UOR1WxlsP+wfCswxWw5y8xhHrvb6Xhu/M iqNYaHacLedTuT89GoxfvfLDmxYdSXbZ903s2dGALznYGASREZsJb40esz1IGvHq FfTyAohHSTWQKBKjQLCyOVMOGJwH2OH9lodyh/Bxtyyq46jDEtSK1glPbrgcRoUu zRF4vPc1iAQk0kszU5NU7X0HTJsgsIS6SuK20Pc3tKHrqxpYtOgxPAvwxlBQsGsR d1wOJsRDmsVEjb2bv36FZIj1x5PCfw9jct39buyPrSZXSdbKgzEPgJ7f9dt07n6S VKtjSoK82I2jSHU0Pf8XT81eEzM6qwEmMvtZV8uVQyJtsLZorQpOSLIhnAm7cA0q ukrPU50zRdjHr+F7fz3BnbkQ1Ps9y2O+JuOW6Ljm0+vMKutD8Kju9vGAlK6xH2BB R5MpmwnK10iR68JoxjNO4nWKHmUW5TQCA1E8+ACGEps78nnbG0TDQelAw/ZkM3IV h4uhckszbo2dG0NjGZELYcMq4O8K5PlEjqdOWTS+4Ugb4T+eltoE3q3hMS0JNYWh NGcqL0gxJ9U4NIZr2NhBR9qb7LGCF5zwSkUhjeY9ij2Dc6sgLK81WHsmFcc+fhox tFJCA+x2qwe5TJLuuGsMc1VqxD+rVGnz6U3BJ/kd0xKrnyRpHfUg79mZ7M/7w/9C AmekJdqMz3aUeS7mIjHO =9PeZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----