[PATCH] Add platform support for the MPC837x RDB board

[Josh Boyer]

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:49:22 -0400
Ben Warren <bwarren at qstreams.com> wrote:

> Mark A. Greer wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 04:28:30PM -0500, Olof Johansson wrote:
> >   
> >> On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 03:03:12PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
> >>     
> >>> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:53:51 -0700
> >>> "Mark A. Greer" <mgreer at mvista.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>       
> >>>> On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 12:41:57PM -0700, D'Abbraccio Joe-ljd015 wrote:
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Thanks for the advice, but I was just basing the list to post to on the
> >>>>> MAINTAINERS file which states that this is the one for Embedded PPC83XX.
> >>>>> If you still think that I should post to linuxppc-dev, let me know.
> >>>>>           
> >>>> Yes, I think it would be better to repost to linuxppc-dev.
> >>>>
> >>>> Does anyone have an objection to changing all of the:
> >>>>
> >>>> 	"L:	linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org"
> >>>>
> >>>> in MAINTAINERS to:
> >>>>
> >>>> 	"L:	linuxppc-dev at ozlabs.org" ??
> >>>>
> >>>> Kumar, Josh, Vitaly, et. al.?
> >>>>         
> >>> I personally don't care either way.  I'm already subscribed to both
> >>> lists.
> >>>
> >>> Makes sense to go to linuxppc-dev given the arch/powerpc migration.
> >>>       
> >> I thought the -embedded list was created in the first place to keep some
> >> of the "noise" off of -dev (i.e. "I can't get interface <foo> to work on
> >> my custom <embedded eval board>-lookalike board, HELP!"). If people still
> >> care about keeping that on a separate list, then we shouldn't change it.
> >>     
> >
> > Yes, IIRC, that was the reason but now with the merge and low volume on this
> > list, it makes sense to me to just get rid of -embedded.
> >
> >   
> Perhaps my perspective is unique, but I doubt it. I find it nice that 
> this list is low volume and not filled with endless patches about CHRP 
> and P series and open firmware syntax blah blah blah...
> 
> No offense intended to all the people who are doing wonderful work 
> expanding the Linux universe, but for your average dude or dudette 
> working on embedded boards that happen to have a PowerPC processor, this 
> list is a pretty good forum.

I think the original thought was to have patches go to linuxppc-dev.
Not necessarily all discussion.

josh