>    There are already source and binary packages for a tool called dtc,
> you will have to rename this. Maybe ppcdtc?

In the logic of the kernel arch, it would better be have powerpc instead
of ppc :) 

I'll rename the package to powerpc-dtc.

>    I was unable to understand what the software does from its
> description, maybe you could mention what a device tree is, what the
> formats are (raw, flattened/blob), how dtc relates to OF, why the kernel
> needs it (kexec?), etc.

ack. This serves me right for writing up an ITP when my significant other
is summoning me to bed.

>    Also, have you been in contact with Fredrik Roubert? He seems to have
> done Debian packages before.

Indirectly, he seems to be an extern in our company Barco. As with most
larger companies, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is
doing.

There seems little point now, from what I have found, his diff is more
or less the same as what I've done in parallel.

-- 
  greetz, marc
Ladies, some decorum please. This is a peace memorial, let's not kill
each other.
        Rygel - Different Destinations
chiana 2.6.18-4-ixp4xx #1 Tue Mar 27 18:01:56 BST 2007 GNU/Linux

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