On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote: > Dear Jim Huang, > > In message <BANLkTi=ynna9nbxwng_1mfwfd6g_o09...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: >> >> My idea is that we require abstract 'bootloader' component in Android >> device/linaro/common, and (patched) 'u-boot' would be the provider of >> 'bootloader' component in >> device/linaro/Linaro-Evaluation-Build-Hardware. Also, supporting > > If you are discussing requirements for U-Boot, and plan to get these > merged in to mainlineU-Boot one day, it would probably be a good idea > to discuss these plans on the U-Boot mailing list as well - ideally > before any design is cast in iron. > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > > -- > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany > Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de > The management question ... is not _whether_ to build a pilot system > and throw it away. You _will_ do that. The only question is whether > to plan in advance to build a throwaway, or to promise to deliver the > throwaway to customers. - Fred Brooks, "The Mythical Man Month" > > _______________________________________________ > linaro-dev mailing list > linaro-...@lists.linaro.org > http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev >
Wolfgang, As you can see from this discussion, Linaro is considering applying resources (probably me) to upstreaming Android Fastboot features into mainline u-boot. What suggestions do you have for making this process as painless as possible? The topic came up briefly here last year: http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2010-August/076343.html An implementation exists for omap4/panda on gitorious: git://gitorious.org/pandaboard/u-boot.git in the omap4_panda_es2.0 branch. There is also a version for omap3 somewhere else on gitorious. To bring this to mainline one would have to: 1) Bring code up to current mainline revision. 2) Fix any coding standards issues. 3) Document the new features. What else? I know one issue maybe why does this need to exist when other solutions exist. I think that since Android uses it, it is somewhat of a de facto standard. All comments welcome, John _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
