Re: [U-Boot] FW: I want to use Barebox

2012-04-18 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Dirk Behme, In message <4f8e999f.8060...@de.bosch.com> you wrote: > > Oh, indeed, looking into git we have a v2012.04-rc2 :) > > Have I missed the release mail? No - I did not manage to send one yet. [Don't have much to write, either.] Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engine

Re: [U-Boot] FW: I want to use Barebox

2012-04-18 Thread Dirk Behme
Dear Wolfgang, On 18.04.2012 11:52, Wolfgang Denk wrote: ... U-Boot history since: commits f4eb545..f5cdc11 (=v2012.04-rc2) Totally off-topic in this thread, but: Oh, indeed, looking into git we have a v2012.04-rc2 :) Have I missed the release mail? Best regards Dirk __

Re: [U-Boot] FW: I want to use Barebox

2012-04-18 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Andy, In message you wrote: > > > - How often a patches committed to the public repository > > - What is the patch review procedure - Has it changed recently? Why? > >do _you_ think it is a good procedure? > > - How many people are actively contributing - Is there are large enough >

Re: [U-Boot] FW: I want to use Barebox

2012-04-17 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday 17 April 2012 19:40:08 Graeme Russ wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 2:11 AM, ANDY KENNEDY wrote: > But you fall into the trap of thinking that driver porting from Linux is > trivial - I doubt this is the case as you do not have the feature rich > kernel API (locks, mutexes, memory manage

Re: [U-Boot] FW: I want to use Barebox

2012-04-17 Thread Graeme Russ
Hi Andy, On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 2:11 AM, ANDY KENNEDY wrote: >> > 1)  I have a concern that barebox is not mainstream enough yet. [snip] >> > 2)  I have a feeling we will always be porting everyone's bsp (that >> >    already has a working u-boot) to barebox. >> >> Which should not be _that_ h

Re: [U-Boot] FW: I want to use Barebox

2012-04-17 Thread ANDY KENNEDY
> > 1)  I have a concern that barebox is not mainstream enough yet. > > I don't think 'maintstream' is the right focal point. Have a look at (for > both busybox and U-Boot) > > - How often a patches committed to the public repository > - What is the patch review procedure - Has it changed recen

Re: [U-Boot] FW: I want to use Barebox

2012-04-16 Thread Graeme Russ
Hi Andy, On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:58 AM, ANDY KENNEDY wrote: > Wolfgang corresponded with me over the weekend asking me to (in the > interest of being fair) repost this message to the U-Boot list as well > to allow you the opportunity to expound upon the benefits of U-Boot > as our selection for