linux-kernel - Re: Forked android kernel development from linux kernel mainline

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Date:	Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:40:54 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>,
	Anca Emanuel <anca.emanuel@...il.com>,
	Elvis Dowson <elvis.dowson@....com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Forked android kernel development from linux kernel mainline

On Wed, 10 Nov 2010, Roland Dreier wrote:

>  > Isn't the openwrt stuff just drivers and some arch specific code?
>  > Nothing that is core infrastructure, and nothing preventing them from
>  > submitting the drivers and arch code if they want to, right?
> 
> Actually openwrt has some core infrastructure for managing (ethernet)
> switches as extra-fancy multiport PHYs.  That means that all the drivers
> in openwrt for the typical 5-8 port switches in home routers don't
> really apply to mainline.

Why not? Those switches _ARE_ extra-fancy multiport PHYs. And AFAICT
we have no support for this stuff in mainline at all.

So where is the problem ?

Thanks,

	tglx
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