[oe] [PATHC] ATAG export for the linux kernel

[Hans Henry von Tresckow]

On Dec 7, 2007 3:38 AM, Richard Purdie <rpurdie at rpsys.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 11:06 +0000, Uli Luckas wrote:
> > Hans Henry, thanks for testing. Good to know it worked for you. Let's
> > see how we can get this thing pushed upstream.
> >
> > 1) I put this on the OE list as the original code is maintained in OE.
> And
> > that's why I'd like the code to be pushed to the OE repository first.
> > I am not really an OE developer though. Is someone willing to do the OE
> > integration to give my patch a home?
>
> I'm happy for the userspace side of things to be added in OE. I have
> some reservations about the way the kernel patch is added to the zaurus
> code, particularly about the way the kernel commandline is handled from
> the broken bootloader and I need to find some time to look at that. I'm
> fine with the patch in principle though, I just want it right when its
> added (and preferably upstream too, the existing zaurus changes will not
> be accepted upstream).
>
> > 2) I need to push the kernel patch via Russell. Mike, I have not heard
> your
> > opinion. Will you support this patch?
> >
> > 3) I need to push my userspace work. My work is based on code by Richard
> > though. Richard, please jump in and let us know how you'd like to
> proceede?
>
> I did try and find the kexec-tools maintainer but got distracted and
> never got back to it. Does anyone know who we need to send this to? I
> will try and get that done this weekend...
>
> > I'd really like to see kexec working on arm without any patches soon.
>
> Agreed. I'm sorry I haven't found time to look at this yet, I will try
> hard to do so this weekend.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard
>
>
>
> Richard,

I updated http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3397 with a new patch
to filter out the Sharp command line (for poodle at least). Let me know if
that approach makes more sense.

http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3430 has the userspace kexec
patch.

Thanks for taking a look at this.


-- 
Henry von Tresckow (hvontres)