On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Tomasz Figa <tomasz.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > Luke, > > On Thursday 06 of June 2013 13:24:57 luke.leighton wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 1:01 AM, Tomasz Figa <tomasz.f...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> > I don't see any other solution here than moving all the Allwinner code >> > to DT (as it has been suggested in this thread several times >> > already), as this is the only hardware description method supported >> > by ARM Linux. >> i repeat again: please state, explicitly and unequivocably that you - >> linux kernel developers - are happy that the reach of linux and >> gnu/linux OSes is dramatically reduced due to this intransigent >> position. >> >> or, tomasz, please state that you, tomasz, represent each and every >> one of the linux kernel developers so that i do not need to keep >> asking. > > I do not represent all linux kernel developers by any means. I am just > stating current policy of SoC/board support maintained by ARM Linux, which > is common for all Linux kernel devlopers, or at least ARM Linux kernel > developers. > > Personally I am happy with numerous companies backing this policy and not > making problems like this with Allwinner and I am really surprised that > you are supporting a troublesome company like this.
you've not read what i've written tomasz. > There are many other SoC vendors making low cost SoCs, like Rockchip, > Boxchip, boxchip *is* allwinner. > Telechips. Maybe they would be better candidates for being > promoted as vendors of choice for hardware running free software? no, because they're not selling at a low-enough price with high-enough integration. telechips and rockchip don't have the market penetration. and many other reasons. > (Just > saying, as I do not know anything about their view on this. There is a lot > of cheap tablets built using their products as well.) > > Best regards, > Tomasz > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
