Re: [PATCH 2/2] Changes to existing files for 0PF FPGA board.

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Rob,

On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:11 AM, Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/18/2015 02:36 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Changes to existing files to add 0pf j2 board support.
>>
>> Thanks for your patch!
>>
>> Like Greg already said, splitting it up in logical parts and providing useful
>> patch descriptions would be highly appreciated.
>
> I actually don't know how to split it up further. The initial port was
> done by a series of contractors (in Russia, I think), and then I
> inherited it to try to get something releasable. This is the smallest
> chunk I could get to actually boot.
>
> I suppose I could send you the serial driver by itself, and _then_ the
> board, but it wouldn't compile if nothing uses it. (Similarly you can't
> boot the board without a serial console...)

You don't have to send in a big initial patch that actually boots.
For new architecture/SoC/board support, just split it in logical hunks,
and submit it in some logical order that always builds.

E.g.:
  - SoC core support (arch/sh/),
  - Board support (arch/sh/),
  - Drivers.

The first two should go in through akpm (sh is orphaned),
the rest through the individual subsystem maintainers.

> (Now the reason _I_ thought you'd reject it had more to do with not
> having converted it to device tree yet, and things on that level. But I

Sh is an existing supported architecture, so DT is not a hard requirement.
If you would have waited until after the removal of sh, it would be much
harder :-) (cfr. h8300, but Sato-san did a great job there, with DT, CCF, ...)

> wanted to get it out there so people outside $DAYJOB can test the
> hardware. We did a linuxcon japan presentation which lwn.net covered,
> and we're getting pokes about "where can I download this", so...)

It's great to hear there's so much interest in this! Let's hope this will
attract more actual contributors...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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