[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH 09/21] AT91SAM9261EK support

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <01a901c8b02a$57de2370$060514ac at atmel.com> you wrote:
> 
> The bitmap is also a binary file, so difficult to handle with patches.
> Have you any idea how to solve this?

Use git. Git handles binary blobs just fine.

> ==> Is this not for the custodians to sort out as a special case?

It is not a special case. A binary image is just another file type
which can be processed using git tools.

>         Can't you just send a binary as an attachement and have this
> included in the mainstream?
> 
>         An alternative would be to convert the bitmap to
>         a non-binary file which can be used as data to a utility
>         generating the binary during the build

None of this is necessary.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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