[U-Boot-Users] ARM custodian change

[Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>]

Ulf Samuelsson <ulf.samuelsson <at> atmel.com> writes:

> 
> > On Tuesday 18 March 2008, Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
> >> > Here a short announcement about a change in the U-Boot ARM 
> >> > custodianship:
> >> >
> >> > Since the ARM platform is so broad and has multiple vendor
> >> > specific "sub-architectures" it seemed necessary to add new U-Boot
> >> > custodian branches for those architectures. Fortunately we had some
> >> > volunteers. Here the list:
> >> >
> >> > u-boot-at91 (Atmel ARM)         Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard

[..]

> >> Would it not be better if the Atmel ARM was handled by the Atmel AT91
> >> Product line

We (the AT91 software team) do not have this opinion. It is very enriching 
to work with people from the community.

> > Could be, I really don't know. I don't remember seeing Atmel ARM patches 
> > posted or reviewed by other Atmel than yourself.
> 
> They were sent in 3-4 years ago.
> Since there were no response, they lost interest, and have not tried 
> since then.
> They are maintaining a separate U-Boot source package.

Ulf, we do not lose interest ! We simply do not have the
opportunity to rebase and test our work against the latest developments 
for all chips&boards.
This opportunity is here now and we will be glad to contribute.

> > So for the time being, we gladly accept that Jean-Christophe volunteered 
> > to take over this custodianship. From my point of view, he is doing a 
> > very good job with his other U-Boot activities. So I expect that the 
> > AT91 support could be handled better from now on.
> 
> Have no criticism against Jean-Christophe, but I think that support for 
> new chips may be available earlier with the AT91 team.

We  will, for sure, work with Jean-Christophe and all AT91 u-boot 
contributors for new chips introduction.

> > But again, we are open for other suggestions here too. If you think 
> > someone at Atmel is better suited to do this job, then please let us 
> > know.
> 
> I will not have the time to maintain, that is for sure.
> 
> I think that the issue needs to be raised with the AT91 team, but it 
> might be that the AT91 team decides that they rather work closely 
> with Jean-Christophe.
> 
> Andrew Victor is doing a good job maintaining the AT91 Linux port
> so there is a precedent for this already.

It is exactly the kind of relationship we would like to build with the 
new custodian.

Regards,
-- 
Nicolas Ferre