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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] Changes to existing files for 0PF FPGA board.
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    Hi Rob,

    On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:11 AM, Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> wrote:
    > On 06/18/2015 02:36 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
    >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> 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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