linux-kernel - Re: [1/2] RTC: Add core rtc support for Gemini Soc devices

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1505070455130.32495@T520.local>
Date:	Thu, 7 May 2015 05:00:03 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Hans Ulli Kroll <ulli.kroll@...glemail.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
cc:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Hans Ulli Kroll <ulli.kroll@...glemail.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
	Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>,
	Roman Yeryomin <roman@...em.lv>
Subject: Re: [1/2] RTC: Add core rtc support for Gemini Soc devices

Hello

On Wed, 6 May 2015, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> On Saturday 02 May 2015 01:42:14 Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On 14/12/2010 at 16:08:26 +0100, Hans Ulli Kroll wrote :
> > > driver for the rtc device
> > > on Cortina Systems CS3516 or StormlinkSemi SL3516 aka Gemini SoC
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Hans Ulli Kroll <ulli.kroll@...glemail.com>
> > 
> > This driver has never been merged and the platform doesn't seem to be
> > active anymore. Is there still any interest in getting this driver
> > mainlined?
> > 
> > Only tree wide cleanups happened in mach-gemini since end of 2010, the
> > listed git repository (git://git.berlios.de/gemini-board) was on berliOS
> > (closed since 2011) and the sourceforge mirror seems empty. Is there
> > still interest in keeping that platform in the mainline?
> 
> As far as I know, the platform is still used by a number of people,
> and is supported by OpenWRT. The reason we haven't seen updates is that
> Ulli has been mostly absent from upstream development, and we haven't
> had any other person step up as maintainer.
> 
> I have a patch to convert the platform to ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM, and
> the code doesn't really get in the way otherwise.
> 
> As far as I'm concerned, we should just merge all the patches from
> http://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt.git;a=tree;f=target/linux/gemini/patches-3.18
y> 
> We should also try to find a maintainer that can respond to patches
> in a timely manner. If Ulli has time for that again, that would be great,
> otherwise I think we should find someone from OpenWRT to take over.
> 
> 	Arnd
> 

I'm back in busyness.
Currently me dev device is right next to me.
I moved some time ago and haav to find it in some 'hidden' box.


Ulli
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