Proposal to send GSM sysfs patches on stable

[Paul Fertser]

Andy Green <andy at openmoko.com> writes:
> | Andy Green wrote (ao):
> |> Otherwise, they will simply propose people keep using U-Boot and not Qi
> |> as their "fix". To the extent we pull some extra current until GSM is
> |> turned on, Qi is then compatible with old and new kernels. So it's the
> |> best path right now AFAICT.
> |
> | Would it be too inconvenient to have a 'correct' Qi and a
> | 'backwards compatible' Qi?
>
> It's not inconvenient if it can choose what to do at runtime, based on a
> sign from the U-Boot header that the kernel it's going to run can cope
> with the right thing.

Not compatible with zImage btw.

Andy, i'm sad to see how you want to spend time to introduce ugliness
that no distro maintainer seem to want.

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