-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/19/12 15:49, Graeme Russ wrote: > Hi Tom, > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Tom Rini <tr...@ti.com> wrote: > >> A more elaborate set of statements on my feelings about "old" >> boards and what needs to happen, in light of the facts that the >> code is messy, will require updating for DM and likelyhood of a >> small but devoted community around some of them. > > My gut feeling on this is to either move unmaintained / inactive > boards to a separate board directory, or add a flag to boards.cfg > (If we add a flag to boards.cfg then we can specify that MAKEALL > should skip those boards) > > Either way, we can then let them bit-rot (I know, bad words) but > at least if someone comes along with an actual board, they have a > place to start. This is what happened to me with the x86 arch - the > existing code was horribly broken, but at least I had a solid > foundation to start reinvigorating it.
... and lots of strong opinions follow. Which is why I wanted a separate thread (so more folks see it) and we start from what I hope is a reasoned approach we can all mostly agree on :) - -- Tom -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJQWlI/AAoJENk4IS6UOR1WQ2EP/2a2WljteyyB44HvtLJsOsNI sLOri7YBtE8opmJ7aia4/2lBm6EEyDUGMVlQcSS8jE3EOUfrVEh8R2mLNpEjygDz WUZLi4o3FEJozd9OgNBuOTkYswsZe1c93lP0NQ/zc4M0jLJHj0JN1ZK7HeAVD0Mo oJHLSocFuBuY0hpXa26jdFBRcMtKXDQ4YvGexU16Vs8O54bryvDvDhxZxnKy38lP icVdc9AsAh8pHN8g/RFt++cIaSY64munCKCc1ld1Wx0Fsqpygb27Ikmt5/NqIPyY 1RnqZ0tTXqbsjnpr5lokE3HFXdmriEfiCE8lfc1iAW91SY3YDCQjGrSfE1B1PbsA L8PthUJLs8dLuhk4ZNlRkBCgIU+9RRX/TMuJOrihukI3Wg9Ui/PUBwJVChmNmwFc cZHTbilRP09tk4I2rY1OMQbNjMQWjLw25rjXcKEAIQ+UEQ/MoakDKX/JOEcq4blK AtG0L2na+nb4JmgCraWH/0EoOFuQOLaYLyT6Bm2c4ElzAZ7jxbfSDlc6AB4FHuAL xxw2nTrm3ij0x2r694hx1BNCQ8KRKSHwTBBTcNDrnjmH1rfKT7v78qiXBfb8w3WA aMrIfiQBnFwAe2RRaK075Muwze5tPnzKsgPimVEqb3FFCLefOzdFy23lTVTua2g7 7mdQb4WkcWTdS42FXYRi =E2+c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot