* Andy Green <[email protected]> [090302 13:21]: > Somebody in the thread at some point said:
> |> So with these things in mind I conclude I should revert it despite it's > |> obviously the "wrong thing to do" because it's the least wrong thing > |> overall. > | > | I dare to disagree. Why don't you ask the actual distribution > | maintainers? > Well it's not that hard to disagree on a mailing list, people do it all > the time, relentlessly even. > Because I am in charge of Qi, from their point of view I created this > problem (by fixing a bigger problem in Qi and the kernel), so I can > "fix" it here. That's why we see "Qi breaks GSM" threads despite the > whole story is quite different. > 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. > These guys need to uplevel to more recent kernels anyway, over time the > pressure for them to do so will only increase. After some time we can > go back to Qi doing the right thing and the whole boot sequence will be > fine for this issue without workarounds in the rootfs. Well... speaking for SHR... I strongly prefer Qi doing the right thing and fix our kernel/rootfs instead (which we will do with the next kernel build). Maybe a strong notice about this on openmoko-devel ML or on planet would be enough? At least people cannot complain about silently breaking things then... > -Andy Klaus 'mrmoku' Kurzmann
