[PATCH 1/3] efi: Correct logic for OF_EMBED and OF_SEPARATE co-existing

[Tom Rini]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 04:44:34PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> [snip]
> 
> I'm very happy with your leadership. The project is extremely lucky to
> have you doing what you do and we all know it.
> 
> In my own way I will be able to contribute to the project more
> effectively than I have done for the last year or two. So let's focus
> on working together within the constraints that we each have. I'm
> pretty sure that in a year you will be happy with the result.

I am extremely concerned that in a year you'll have a tree both has some
useful functionality added to it, and that it's built on top of so many
rejected patches as to be little more than a reference point for
bringing it to mainline. It will be even more complicated if anyone else
is *using* your tree. And the challenges you have explaining what you
want and why you want it will further compound the problems.

> No, I have not been paid for U-Boot work for more than 10 years and I
> doubt that will change anytime soon. A little empathy on your part
> could go a long way.

I am trying, and I will continue to try to. But I also have to try and
be mindful of everyone else volunteering on this project too.

This is why I truly believe the most helpful thing you could do for the
health of the U-Boot project is take a step back from coding for a bit
and work on communicating. Every big problem that you come back to has a
number of people saying you don't understand what they say and you not
understanding what they say. I do not think a starting assumption on
your part of "I'm right, everyone will ..." is going to lead us to a
good place in a year.

-- 
Tom
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