[U-Boot] Cleaning up new port

[Remco Poelstra]

Wolfgang Denk schreef:
> In message <49BF91D5.2030602 at duran-audio.com> you wrote:
>> I've finished my port of U-boot 2008.10 to the LPC2468. I've based my 
>> port on code by Embedded Artists, which was based on U-boot 1.1.6.
>> The LPC2468 is an ARM processor with build in peripherals, so I need to 
>> divide my code into LPC2468 generic part and a part for my board only 
>> (which is not to be published). I have however no clue on how to do 
> 
> Not pubslishing your code would be a stupid thing to do. Are you aware
> how quickly out-of-mainline code rots? You are already two releases
> behind against current mainline, and a lot of changes have already
> been queued up in the "next" branch for the next release. 

I fully understand. The problem is that there is a special Ethernet PHY 
on the board which is under a NDA, so I cannot publish code surrounding 
it. I can publish the general part of the ethernet driver.

> Try to forward port your stuff to the "next" branch (you will have to
> do that to submit any patches), and then think again if it makes sense
> for you to maintain an out-of-tree port.  It doesn't.
> 
>> that. What code should belong where?
>> Is there any documentation on the exact code structure of U-boot? Is 
>> anyone here interested in LPC2468 support and willing to offer some help?
> 
> Apply common sense. Then submit your patches. We  will  tell  you  if
> they  fit.  Note  that  so  far there is no LPC2468 support in U-Boot
> mainline, so you must provide some complete working  board  port,  or
> there would be code which cannot even be compiled, and we don't allow
> that.

I see, I will provide a working example.

Regards,

Remco Poelstra