[PATCH 0/9][RFC] GTA02/FreeRunner machine definition for linux-arm-kernel

[Nelson Castillo]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Sven Rebhan <odinshorse at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 2009/3/31 Nelson Castillo <arhuaco at freaks-unidos.net>:
>> We decided to send the patch-set to the OM kernel first in case someone
>> can spot something wrong. If we are failing to credit someone please
>> let us know. Most Signed-off-by entries were not touched. We should be sending
>> this upstream ASAP (in 2 days or so).
>
> This is really great news! You probably also want to include the patch from
>
> http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/openmoko-kernel/2009-March/009709.html

Sure. Adding it to the patch-set.

> Btw, the proposed branch didn't boot on my machine. Maybe it's just a
> config issue, but maybe not. So you should try to boot such a kernel
> yourself. I would be very interested if you manage to boot into a root
> system.

Yes, it boots.

$ ssh root at gta02
root at gta02's password:
root at om-gta02:~# uname -a
Linux om-gta02 2.6.29-mokodev #1 PREEMPT Tue Mar 31 12:14:17 COT 2009
armv4tl unknown

I forgot to mention that this patch-set is based on the latest Linus
tree as specified in the linux-arm-kernel FAQ. I asked Ben if he
preferred another tree for this but I guess this one is OK.

> Best regards and thanks for your effort!

This time the effort is mostly Andy's. But now the submission work
starts... Let's find out what bounces.

N.-