[Buildroot] Adding Cirrus EP93XX ARM to buildroot

Ivan Kuten ivan.kuten at promwad.com
Sun Oct 7 17:45:48 UTC 2007


>>>
>>> And submitting patches to mainstream takes long time. And we want Cirrus support now.
> 
> Supporting some old version of packages with supplemental patches is
> fine and one thing. Refusing even try to get your additions merged is
> not a proper thing to do IMO.
> 
> It is extremely burdensome and impractical to have to patch every single
> "new" upstream release (let alone time-consuming and thus probably
> expensive if somebody pays the time you're spending on doing it).
> 

Bernhard, I only wanted to notice that having Cirrus support in buildroot can be
-before- then some of Cirrus patches go in mainline kernel. I'm aware about Cirrus patches
to 2.6.20.4 and 2.6.17.14, and some of our customers still use 2.6.17.14 kernel version.

BR,
Ivan

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