[U-Boot] Mainlining android fastboot support to upstream u-boot

[Zach Pfeffer]

Wolfgang,

Would you be able to join us at UDS
(https://wiki.linaro.org/Events/2011-05-LDS)? We can also set up a
conference line as well.

-Zach

On 24 April 2011 09:25, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> Dear John Rigby,
>
> In message <BANLkTi=um9HTWdpWeee+Y1FZ2w4Y=QMOsA at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>>
>> So Wolfgang,  let's assume that Fastboot could coexist with and share
>> code with the DFU implementation.  Would that be more acceptable?  Or
>
> It is always nice if features can share common code, but here this is
> actually completely unrelated to the question I raised.
>
>> is any effort to get Fastboot into mainline just a waste of time?
>
> The basic rule is that we accept what is useful for some (even if a
> few), unless it hurts others (including maintainers).
>
>> What additional info is needed to answer that question?
>
> I wrote this in my initial posting to the Linaro list, and explicitly
> pointed you to it before, see
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.linaro.devel/3823/focus=3842
> and especially
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot/98145/focus=98283
>
> I don't want to talk about code before we have heard anything about
> the design.  This may be a trivial thing for you after having used
> this for some amount of time, but please consider the mental welfare
> of the  persons who never heard about this before, and who will
> probably have to maintain the code after you.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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