Excerpts from Riccardo Magliocchetti's message of Don Aug 26 11:05:31 +0200 2010: > Il 26/08/2010 07:31, Timo Jyrinki ha scritto: > > Well, in the case of Debian it was just recently noted [3] that it > > would be best to concentrate efforts so that FreeRunner support could > > become official part of Debian kernel. Therefore it's AFAIK > > recommended to work on the s3c24xx branch [4], which doesn't boot yet > > either. It's part of Thibaut Girka's Google SoC, debian-installer > > support [5]. > > > > [3] > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-fso-maint/2010-August/003370.html > > [4] > > http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-fso/kernel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/s3c24xx > > [5] > > http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2010/CrossbuildDebianInstaller/ThibautGirka > > > > -Timo > > > > I've read the discussion on list, the problem i have with [4] is that > Thibaut is committing patches the way debian kernel maintainers do and > not committing directly the code. I think it makes thing complicated, > even for him.
If you are refering to the pkg-fso/kernel.git, then this is because this is not intended as a general kernel development tree. This tree is only for the Debian packageing of the kernel and therefore follows the SVN repository layout of the official Debian kernel package. The goal is to ultimately integrate all changes there into the official Debian kernel package. Patches commited there should be generated from another repository (possibly openmokos kernel git repo) to minimize work. I agree that this workflow is not optimal. But as long as the official Debian kernel package is developed this way. It does not make things easier for pkg-fso to deviate from this scheme. The complete disconnection of the current pkg-fso kernel package (linux-image-2.6.29-openmoko) from the Debian kernel package is one reason why it has not been updated for a long time now. IMHO all kernel development should be done in the openmoko kernel git repository. Gaudenz -- Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. ~ Samuel Beckett ~
