Policy WRT board support patches
My company is working on a board that runs Linux and U-Boot. It's booting and running Linux now, so I'm starting to think in terms of maybe getting the board support files checked into the main source trees.
So what is the maintainer's policy on board support files for boards that are not quite released yet? I expect the board will be released in the next few months as part of the Picture Elements Inc. product line. We're marketing it as an application specific board, although we intend to include the complete development kit with it.
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Dear Steven,
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My company is working on a board that runs Linux and U-Boot. It's booting and running Linux now, so I'm starting to think in terms of maybe getting the board support files checked into the main source trees.
Good idea.
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So what is the maintainer's policy on board support files for boards that are not quite released yet? I expect the board
There is no special policy. These are patches like all others, too. See the README.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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