[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/11] Change some boards to use zImage in default environment

[Marek Vasut]

On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 02:11:23 PM, Stefano Babic wrote:
> Hi Marek,
> 
> On 12/02/2014 08:49, Marek Vasut wrote:
> >> Anyway, I think the discussion is a bit away from which is the best
> >> image. IMHO the board maintainer can decide which is the more suitable
> >> default environment he needs
> > 
> > So, do we now accept new built-in environment changes again?
> 
> My good point to refuse them was that Simon's patches to move built-in
> environment to a .env file are quite ready to be merged. I will be happy
> if they can find the way to go in, as they can clean up the whole mess
> we have. Checking only the i.MXes boards, most CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
> are cut&paste from other boards, with some minor changes making them
> inconsistent. The good exception are the sabre boards, because they use
> the same common file.
> 
> I am taking a look if we can at least guarantee that all these boards
> can  have the same built-in environment, because it seems clear that
> this is what we want to reach.
> 
> > I will re-submit my
> > changes to the default environment for the boards I maintain if you don't
> > mind then.
> 
> I cannot refuse them, I cannot (yet) offer a good alternative. Send them.

Good. I will send them when ELDK 5.5 is out, by that time they will be final.

> > Also, I don't see Otavio being the maintainer of most of these boards.
> 
> True, but maintainers (Fabio, Alison) were informed in CC. The patchset
> is quite a month old and I had to decide myself if there is a good
> reason to reject them - I cannot find it.

Were the patches ACKed by either of them ? There was simply no activity, which 
does not look like a good enough reason to accept patches ...

Best regards,
Marek Vasut