[PATCHv9 01/15] submodule: add lwIP as git submodule

[Maxim Uvarov]

On Thu, 21 Sept 2023 at 07:06, Simon Glass <sjg at google.com> wrote:

> Hi Maxim,
>
> On Thu, 14 Sept 2023 at 10:20, Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov at linaro.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > add external lwIP library as a git submodule.
>
> Oh dear...what is the motivation for using a submodule?
>
> Our current stack is nicely integrated into U-Boot. This would make
> moving between development branches much more painful.
>
> I would much prefer that we bring in the necessary code, and that you
> send a patch every 3 months or so to deal with updates, making sure
> there are no code-size regressions.
>
> Regards,
> Simon
>

I would like the project maintainer to make the final decision.

And this time I'm trying to understand how lwIP maintenance works. And how
long does it
take to merge a patch to lwip. For the latest Ilias comment I did a fix to
lwip, which is pending.
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lwip-devel/2023-09/msg00004.html
and created a bug with the same patch:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?64697
And it's interesting when patches get merged.

Also there is a long list of not yet accepted patches (86 open items):
https://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/?group=lwip
I am afraid that if lwip patch acceptance will be too slow it also can slow
down U-Boot development.

Best regards,
Maxim.