[linux-yocto] [PATCH 0/4][3.10] minnow-io feature branch

[Darren Hart]

On Sat, 2013-10-19 at 22:51 -0400, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> On 13-10-19 12:37 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
> > On Fri, 2013-10-18 at 15:50 -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
> >> Please pull the follow branch as "minnow-io" as a feature-branch into
> >> linux-yocto 3.10. This is an update to the patches in the minnow bsp
> >> meta-data, which will be removed in a subsequent patch series.
> >
> >
> > Bruce,
> >
> > I was modeling this after the emgd driver in an effort to reduce
> > machine-specific branches. But this may not make as much sense as these
> > drivers are only used for this one machine. These could be used just as
> > patches in the minnow-io.scc file rather than a feature branch and a
> > merge command. Do you have a preference?
> 
> I was pondering that while reading the series as well. If there's
> continued development on a feature branch, and it is really being
> grafted into the snapshot kernel versions over time, it definitely
> makes sense.
> 
> But since you are doing this work the right way, and developing it
> upstream .. it is likely easier to just do it in the feature
> .scc as cherry-picked or pending upstream submissions and we'll
> update and evolve it over time.
> 
> So if you have the time, can you re-spin the two series with just
> the patches and a .scc file included by the BSP ? We still can avoid
> the BSP branch and work directly on standard, since these are safe
> for all boards.

Will do, thanks!

-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel