From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sinan Akman Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 02:41:47 -0500 Subject: [U-Boot] [U-Boot, v2] boards.cfg: move many unmaintained boards to Orphan In-Reply-To: <20140624173418.GI9006@bill-the-cat> References: <1401694253-7068-1-git-send-email-yamada.m@jp.panasonic.com> <20140605224811.GW7841@bill-the-cat> <20140624121313.9359.AA925319@jp.panasonic.com> <53A908E2.8040200@writeme.com> <20140624173418.GI9006@bill-the-cat> Message-ID: <54BA123B.3030805@writeme.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Hi Tom On 06/24/2014 01:34 PM, Tom Rini wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 01:13:06AM -0400, Sinan Akman wrote: >> >> Hi Masahiro >> >> Masahiro Yamada wrote: >>> Hi Sinan, >>> >>> >>>>>> [...] >>>>>> +Orphan powerpc mpc83xx - freescale >>>> mpc837xerdb MPC837XERDB >>>> >>>> I have this board and I would very much like that it'll continue to >>>> be maintained. I just tested the ToT and it seems other than some minor >>>> warnings and request to use generic-board it is not in a bad shape. >>>> >>>> I can continue testing at each release and after there are related >>>> patches. Would that help to have this board to be unorphaned ? >>> >>> Thanks for offering to test this board. >>> Are you willing to be a maintainer of this board? >> >> Sure I'd be bappy if I could. I don't know what it takes >> exactly and not sure if I would qualify. > > Testing every release and fixing problems (and asking for help when you > need it to fix the problems) is all that's required. If you would send > two patches, one to take over the maintainership and a second to convert > to generic board (or find there's a problem with that and get the > discussion started on what to do about it), that will do it. I just sent a patch for generic board support for mpc837xerdb. I also cc'ed it to Kim Phillips as he is listed as mpc83xx custodian. I have the mpc837x board and I'd like to maintain it. Should I send now also a patch to take over the maintainership ? Thanks Sinan Akman