[U-Boot] u-boot-socfpga repository

Dinh Nguyen
2014-09-12T21:15:34Z

On 09/12/2014 02:46 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Dinh,
>
> In message <54133B22.2090509@opensource.altera.com> you wrote:
>>
>>> So I suggest we create u-boot-socfpga now, as this will be needed
>>> in any case when any significant amount of patches is coming in for
>>> mainline.
>>>
>>> For now, we assing Marek as custodian - he has volunteered, and he
>>> already has a reputation in the community. As soon as Vince starts
>>> actively working here on the mailing list, we can switch this role
>>> to him.
>>
>> NO..we'd like to maintain the u-boot-socfpga-next git repo at
>> rocketboards.org. Altera(myself, Chin-Liang, and Vince) will actively
>> maintain it from now on.
>
> I'm sorry, but that's not the way how the U-Boot community works.
>
> To get patches or new code into U-Boot mainline, these have to be
> submitted to the U-Boot mailing list (among other purposes for
> archival and that they get stored in the patchwork database). Then a
> peer review takes place, and the responsible custodian finally applies
> these patches to the respective custodian repository. Finally, he
> sends a pull request to the next higher custodian - in case of SoCFPGA
> that would be Albert as ARM custodian.
>

Does the above process differ from the Linux community process in
anyway? If not, then I've been doing the same for the Linux support for
SOCFPGA on the rocketboards. The ARM-SOC maintainers have been pulling
from the git repo at rocketboards for quite some time now. I think I can
probably do the same for u-boot.

Dinh