Hi Guillermo, On Tuesday 06 May 2014 11:07:01 Guillermo Rodriguez wrote: > Thank you very much, I'll do as you say and will send the patches to the > ptxdist mailing list in case they may be helpful for others.
Improvements to PTXdist or new ideas are always welcome. So, let us know what you think about PTXdist and the BSPs and what you would like to change aso. > I have two further questions if I may: > > - What is the criteria for selecting the placement of rules file between > "bsp" and "platform"? (what is exactly the difference between bsp and > platform) If there are no special requirements for a specific platform, you will use the generic PTXdist rule files. For example the platform and the application works perfectly with the generic installation of the udev package. If your platform has very special requirements to make it work, you add more rule files or replace generic ones inside the platform. For example the platform needs some special tweaks within the udev package. Then the modified udev package rule files are located inside the platform and the generic ones from PTXdist are not used anymore. If the BSP has more requirements to make a specific application work on a specific platform it must be able to overrule all other rules files. In this case you place them in the rules/ directory of the BSP. For example the application needs some special tweaks within the udev package. Then the modified udev package rule files are located inside the BSP and the generic ones from PTXdist and the platform are not used. This might be a conflict, because the BSP's udev rule files may need both tweaks: the one from the platform and the one from the BSP itself. Maybe we need a better idea here how to manage such a corner case. > - I also have some patches that fix some minor issues in (Linux) device > drivers related to the mini2440. What is the proper procedure for this? > Should I send them to the OSELAS mailing list? Or perhaps this is not the > proper place for this? For S3C2440 SoC related drivers the corresponding Linux mailing lists are the correct destination. Upstream is always the best solution. Sometimes the changes get not accepted, then I collect and keep them in my BSP. Just show us your modifications and we can discuss how to deal with them. Regards, Juergen -- Pengutronix e.K. | Juergen Borleis | Linux Solutions for Science and Industry | http://www.pengutronix.de/ |
