[U-Boot] Discussion topics / issues

Pavel Machek pavel at denx.de
Fri Oct 10 00:11:54 CEST 2014


Hi!

> I don't this Albert is the problem, I am starting to suspect we simply lack
> custodian manpower in general. And I also suspect we're not quite inviting
> and attractive crowd, which is something we should discuss too ...

As I said privately, I believe we have way too many custodians...

Anyway, u-boot code looks similar to kernel code, but patch submission
rules are really different.

Something like this could help..?
									Pavel

--- /dev/null	2014-10-09 01:15:57.354292026 +0200
+++ doc/SubmittingPatches	2014-10-09 23:58:53.058883776 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Differences from kernel:
+
+* SPDX license headers are required.
+
+* puts() is preffered over single-argument prinf()
+
+* later versions of patch should come with "diff changelog" below "---"
+
+* subject should begin with tags, such as "arm: socfpga:"
+
+* should pass checkpatch
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