Re: [PATCH 5/6] MN10300: Add the MN10300/AM33 architecture to the kernel [try #5]
From: David Howells
Date: Sun Nov 11 2007 - 09:33:07 EST
Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If it is indeed the case that this architecture is used internally by a
> single organisation then perhaps it doesn't make sense for us to merge it.
I don't know that this is so. I can ask them, but I don't know if they'll
tell me that.
Furthermore, it's better to have the code upstream[*]. That way the person
wanting to make a sweeping change across all arches who knows how the change
should be made can have a go at making the change, rather than someone who's
constantly playing catchup and may not understand fully.
[*] As people keep saying.
Constantly playing catchup really isn't fun, as I'm sure you appreciate with
maintaining the -mm tree. You, after all, do it on a much larger scale than
everyone else.
> I guess if it were possible to install a self-built kernel into a Panasonic
> gadget then we could look at it on that basis. Do you know if that's the
> case?
I don't, no. Besides, I *do* have Panasonic devices I can install random
software and hardware on to:-) But it's not COTS stuff.
David
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