Andrew, could you please add this patch to -mm. As we discussed here, it should be OK for us.
Thanks, - Bryan Wu On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 11:32 +0800, David McCullough wrote: > > Jivin Robin Getz lays it down ... > > On Thu 20 Sep 2007 11:03, David McCullough pondered: > > > I would say that (a) is definately not the case. I am sure the BF > guys > > > will say they have been banging us on the head with changes for a > long > > > time and getting no where as we considered the changes to severe > or out > > > of line. > > > > I don't think we have been "banging heads" with you (unless that is > your > > feeling?) - how about "working together, but diverting to satisfy > different > > needs" :) > > No head banging feelings here, but I would understand if you guys > felt > that way occasionally ;-) I obviously forgot the happy face on that > statement. It was meant as a good thing. > > > I think that we have had more issues in the uClinux-dist (userspace > and build > > environment), but for kernel code, we have moved from some > non-standard > > (stupid) things we were doing early on to what we have today - which > is as > > common/standard with other archs as we can be. > > > > Although this is slightly off topic - on the uClinux distribution > side - most > > of our changes are based on requirements/desires from being able to > support > > fdpic elf and flat formats, and to attempt to make things easier for > end > > users/us to use/maintain. Where we do make changes - we always send > the patch > > upstream and have the conversation with you (not everyone else does > this), > > and some/most times rework things so they are more acceptable to > you. We > > don't always come to an agreement - but we always have the > discussion, and > > are willing to move if we can make things better that still meets > both our > > needs/desires. > > > > > This particular patch was trivial in comparison to others I've > seen, > > > > That is what we thought. > > > > > it fixed all the existing arches (not something that is always > done) and > > > seemed a reasonable start to finally get the BF guys up and > running. > > > Still, happy to make it better of course ;-) > > > > As always - we are more than happy to explore/review alternative > patches if > > people want to write/sumbit them. > > Cheers, > Davidm > > -- > David McCullough, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ph:+61 > 734352815 > Secure Computing - SnapGear http://www.uCdot.org > http://www.cyberguard.com > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
