Hello, I think you have been talking to another Jonas. I just joined this mailinglist today.
Best regards, Jonas Hoglund On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 12:39 -0400, Gerrit Visser wrote: > Hi Jonas > Given that lars has entered 22765 into the repository, is there any point to > me continuing? > > BTW, the way Dockstar was added in that patch in fact replaces the > Sheevaplug configuration. > > The addition (patch 22764) to u-boot is also not scaling, it uses Marvell as > the board name while it should be Dockstar? > > Regards, > Gerrit Visser > > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:24:59 -0400 > From: "Gerrit Visser" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] Modifying target/linux/kirkwood > to add Dockstar > Message-ID: <001f01cb4198$d63c6db0$82b549...@ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Jonas > > Thank you for your review. > > > > I worked on the 'generic/runtime detection/code selection for a while but > reverted to the approach used previously. My dilemma is that I have only 1 > Dockstar, no other devices. Thus it is difficult to test what I create. I do > completely agree that the present approach doesn't scale. > Eric, who submitted the new ID request, had not received a response that > this new ID was in fact accepted. So I used 2097 in my patch. If that new > number is indeed the official one, then I will gladly update the patch. > > I would like to propose that we move ahead (after I make your other > suggested changes/fixes) so that people can get moving with OpenWRT on > Dockstar, et al In parallel I am happy to dust off my C coding skills to > make a stab at the 'right' solution. Jow previously sent me a template to > base a possible solution on. Now that I know more about OpenWRT, linux > kernels and the build mechanism I can move forward some more on the real > solution. I do however feel that this could be an iterative solution, where > we get people onto OpenWRT sooner using the non-optimal approach (which FWIW > is how mainline linux is going > (https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=115487#p115487) > > Re: multiple targets and profiles, there seem to be significant differences > at the hw level on these boards. CloudEngines boards do not have as default > a u-boot that supports usb. The Dockstar has no sata or mmc/sd interface > while others do, Guruplugs have wireless, etc. This is why I concluded that > the two Sub Targets with relevant Profiles would be a best fit for > supporting the variations. I spent considerable effort to make it work with > just Profiles but because target.mk doesn't support 'config-<profile> inputs > it wouldn't work. This capability seems to be alluded to in target.mk (in > dumpinfo). > > I have 2 more dockstars on the way, this will let me move forward with my > real goal (replacing my Asterisk system with this plus FreeSWITCH) as well > as working on the runtime setup replacement for the present ,xxx.-setup > explosion. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Gerrit Visser > > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
