u-boot source vs. mainstream u-boot

[Rafael Campos]

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus
Schaller<hns at computer.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> being new to u-boot and to learn how it works, I tried to compile u-
> boot-2009.06 from the main branch (http://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/u-boot-2009.06.tar.bz2
> ) but found to my astonishment that the GTA devices are not included
> at all.
Most of the OpenMoko u-boot work is not commited mainline. I was
thinking of doing it myself, but i didn't find the time to do it and
test it properly.
>
> When grepping for 'moko' and 'Moko' I get:
>
> u-boot-2009.06 hns$ fgrep -R 'moko' *
> CHANGELOG:Author: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:    Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:    Signed-off-by: Werner Almesberger <werner at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:    Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:    Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:    Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:    Signed-off-by: Werner Almesberger <werner at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:    Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:Author: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:    Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:Author: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:    Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:Author: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:    Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:Author: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:    Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:Author: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:    Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:Author: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:    Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:Author: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> CHANGELOG:    Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> common/cmd_license.c: * Author: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> common/cmd_terminal.c: * Written by Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org>
> drivers/mtd/nand/s3c2410_nand.c: * Author: Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org
>  >
> include/asm-arm/mach-types.h:# define machine_is_openmoko_gta03()
> (machine_arch_type == MACH_TYPE_OPENMOKO_GTA03)
> include/asm-arm/mach-types.h:# define machine_is_openmoko_gta03()       (0)
> tools/bin2header.c: * (C) Copyright 2008 by Harald Welte <laforge at openmoko.org
>  >
> goldelico:u-boot-2009.06 hns$ fgrep -R 'Moko' *
> CHANGELOG:    OpenMoko uses this in their Neo1973 phones to get access
> to the GSM
> common/cmd_license.c: * (C) Copyright 2007 by OpenMoko, Inc.
> common/cmd_terminal.c: * (C) Copyright 2007 OpenMoko, Inc.
> drivers/mtd/nand/s3c2410_nand.c: * (C) Copyright 2006 OpenMoko, Inc.
> u-boot-2009.06 hns$ fgrep -R 'Moko' *
> CHANGELOG:    OpenMoko uses this in their Neo1973 phones to get access
> to the GSM
> common/cmd_license.c: * (C) Copyright 2007 by OpenMoko, Inc.
> common/cmd_terminal.c: * (C) Copyright 2007 OpenMoko, Inc.
> drivers/mtd/nand/s3c2410_nand.c: * (C) Copyright 2006 OpenMoko, Inc.
>
> u-boot-2009.06 hns$
>
> i.e. *something* has been contributed for the GTA03.
>
> And there is no "board spec subdirectory". I.e. no make GTA01_config
> or GTA02_config
>
> Openmoko keeps its own branch (fork?) at
>
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/U-boot#Bootloader_source_code
>
Yes it's a fork (long time ago - 2007 IIRC).
> I am just wondering, what are the reasons for this?
I don't relly know, i supouse nobody find the time neither the
motivation to send the patches upstream.
I started with u-boot early 2008 & openmoko late 2008. All the commits
come from 2007 (more or less).
>
> Nikolaus
>
>
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Regards,

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