[linux-yocto] [PATCH 0000/1228] xilinx-zynqmp: add sdk patches

[Bruce Ashfield]

On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 8:30 AM Michal Simek <michal.simek at xilinx.com> wrote:
>
> On 16. 07. 19 21:44, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 2:19 AM Wei, Yunguo <yunguo.wei at windriver.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/8/2019 9:14 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 5:59 AM <quanyang.wang at windriver.com> wrote:
> >>>> From: Quanyang Wang <quanyang.wang at windriver.com>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Bruce,
> >>>>
> >>>> I am working on BSP xilinx-zynqmp.
> >>>>
> >>>> Could you please help to merge these patches to:
> >>>>
> >>>> linux-yocto-dev standard/xilinx-zynqmp
> >>>>
> >>>> These patches are picked from:
> >>>>
> >>>> https://github.com/Xilinx/linux-xlnx.git xlnx_rebase_v4.19
> >>> We already have a 4.19 branch based on Michal's tree, which was
> >>> curated and selected for the soc support.
> >>> Did you you look at the one in linux-yocto 4.19 ? Since it is a
> >>> specifically selected set of patches and might be a better starting
> >>> point.
> >>>
> >>> Before I introduce a 5.x branch, I'd want to hear his opinion on the
> >>> branch and the selections that you made, versus what he would have
> >>> done.
> >>
> >> Hi Bruce, Michal,
> >>
> >> Any further comments on it?
> >>
> >
> > I'll try getting comments from Michal via another method, he may be on
> > vacation. I'd still like to hear from him.
> >
> > But generally speaking, since the base is the same, I have no issues
> > with the branch. I'll likely call the branch the same as we have in
> > 4.19, but otherwise, will leave things as they are.
>
> Xilinx is going to stay at 4.19 for the whole 2019 and new patches are
> coming to our master branch and then they will be propagated to rebased
> branch. After the initial patchset adding new patches is easy.
> It means at some point in future I will sync current master with rebase
> branch and ask you for adding these patches to yocto tree too.
> If there is any immediate need to add/fix something there we can do it
> earlier.
> Please let me know what you think. I should be back in August.

No issues on my end, that strategy works for me.

I'll create the -dev (5.2) branches and stage the patches there.
Incremental updates are fine, and we can handle them as they come.

Cheers,

Bruce

>
> Thanks,
> Michal
>


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