linux-kernel - Re: HTC Dream aka. t-mobile g1 support

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Date:	Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:43:25 +0200
From:	Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>
To:	David Brown <davidb@...cinc.com>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Brian Swetland <swetland@...gle.com>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk>,
	san@...roid.com, rlove@...gle.com, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: HTC Dream aka. t-mobile g1 support

Hello.

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 09:00, David Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 05:05:04PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> Support for these devices is in our reference kernel at:
> 
>     https://www.codeaurora.org/gitweb/quic/le/?p=kernel/msm.git;a=summary
> 
> in the android-msm-2.6.29 branch, which is about 213 commits divergent
> from Google's tree, posted earlier.  We've been trying to work to get
> our commits to be closer to being appropriate for inclusion in the
> mainstream kernel.  Sadly, most of out work so far ended up being
> squashed into a single "Initial contribution" commit.
> 
> It's also a bit unfortunate that our primary development happens on
> development boards that aren't available to the general public.

That and that one have to sign a contributor agreement just to register on your
your site and get in touch. While your kernel tree is public that looks a lot
like a closed development process to me.

Any plan to make this more transparent?

regards
Stefan Schmidt
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