On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 02:09:26PM -0600, Jordan Crouse wrote: > Okay, this patch will probably make Ron cry, but in the end, I think > its better for the health of buildrom and the project (the patch, not > Ron crying). > > The OLPC code we had in here before was for revision B2 and earlier, > which will never see the light of day to the public, and only myself, > Ron and Segher have even seen them, let alone used them (and > I'm not even sure if my B2 works). > > Even if we were to revive LinuxBIOS for the B3 for the upcoming G1G1 > effort, the existing code would be too bitrotten and too old to be of > any use. The only use we had for it was as a decent example of how > to do LAB, but Ward has upped the stakes with his LAB code that is way > better, and if we have our way, eventually all the LAB code will go away > in favor of something like buildroot. And finally, the OLPC buildrom > code that last worked for B2 is still active over at dev.laptop.org, so > the code will be accessible if need be. > > So, with all that said, I am proposing this patch to remove OLPC support > completely from buildrom, except for OFW, which I will discuss in the next > patch. Flame on!
Call it a flame if you want, but: Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If somebody needs some of this later (for reference or whatever), it's still in the repository... Note: I have not tested the patch, I assume you tested it and it didn't break random other stuff? Uwe. -- http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.holsham-traders.de http://www.crazy-hacks.org | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org
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