Proposal to send GSM sysfs patches on stable

Klaus Kurzmann mok at mnet-online.de
Mon Mar 2 15:46:37 CET 2009


* Andy Green <andy at openmoko.com> [090302 15:21]:
> Somebody in the thread at some point said:
> | Dear Andy,
> |
> | 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.
what does this mean when booting from SD? No u-boot header involved
there, no?

> I'll sort out a patch in the next hours.

> -Andy


Thanks
Klaus 'mrmoku' Kurzmann




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