[U-Boot] u-boot-socfpga repository

Chin Liang See
2014-09-19T09:54:05Z

Hi guys,

On Wed, 2014-09-17 at 06:54 -0500, Chin Liang See wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-09-16 at 11:56 +0200, ZY - pavel wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > > > I'd be interested in maintaining u-boot-socfpga repository. So far, we don't
> > > > have a repo for this platform and there is a large flurry of patches flying
> > > > around without any kind of central point for them. I'd like to get your formal
> > > > consent for starting this and if you agree, I'd start sending PR to Albert once
> > > > the repo is in place.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I maintain a linux git repo at
> > > git://git.rocketboards.org/linux-socfpga-next.git. It would be trivial
> > > for us to maintain a u-boot repo at the same location.
> > >
> > > "a large flurry of patches flying around"? Funny, that I have not been
> > > CCed on any of these patches.
> > >
> > > Chin-Liang, have you been?
> >
> > I'm sorry about that. I understood you are working on Linux, and only
> > seen u-boot patches from Chin-Liang, so I cc-ed him..
> >
>
> Hi guys,
>
> To move things forward, I would propose myself to act as the custodian
> for the SOCFPGA repository after discussing with Dinh. I have been
> active on U-Boot forum and hopefully build up some credibility :). At
> same time, this will enforce someone from Altera (Dinh, Vince and
> myself) to review and ack each submitted patch. We would also able to
> help to test and offer any troubleshooting assistant to the patch
> submitter.
>
> Hopefully would get a green light from everyone. We really appreciate
> Marek's suggestion as the repo is a great idea to speed up the SOCFPGA
> patch submission process. It will offload some of Albert's heavy load
> too as currently we heavily rely for Albert to integrate SOCFPGA
> patches. Due to that, to benefit everyone, we would like to have this
> repo as soon as possible.
>
> Thanks
> Chin Liang
>

Wonder any green light on this? The repo would help to speed up the
SOCFPGA development especially for the on-going reviewing and testing of
Marek's patches. Thanks

Chin Liang

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