linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] MN10300: Add the MN10300/AM33 architecture to the kernel [try #5]

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Date:	Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:32:37 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-am33-list@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] MN10300: Add the MN10300/AM33 architecture to the kernel [try #5]

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> 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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