> On Wednesday 19 March 2008, Ulf Samuelsson wrote: >> >> Would it not be better if the Atmel ARM was handled by the Atmel AT91 >> >> Product line >> > >> > Could be, I really don't know. I don't remember seeing Atmel ARM patches >> > posted or reviewed by other Atmel than yourself. >> >> They were sent in 3-4 years ago. >> Since there were no response, they lost interest, and have not tried since >> then. They are maintaining a separate U-Boot source package. > > Too bad. I think it would be a good idea, if "they" would try to work with > the "official" U-Boot community again. Now with the custodian framework in > place, some problems of the past should be solved. >
I 'bcc' our own "Jean-Christophe" (Zettel) running the AT91 apps team and he will have to discuss with the S/W team and decide. >> > So for the time being, we gladly accept that Jean-Christophe volunteered >> > to take over this custodianship. From my point of view, he is doing a >> > very good job with his other U-Boot activities. So I expect that the AT91 >> > support could be handled better from now on. >> >> Have no criticism against Jean-Christophe, but I think that support for >> new chips may be available earlier with the AT91 team. > > Right. That's for sure. > >> > But again, we are open for other suggestions here too. If you think >> > someone at Atmel is better suited to do this job, then please let us >> > know. >> >> I will not have the time to maintain, that is for sure. > > Understood. > >> I think that the issue needs to be raised with the AT91 team, but it might >> be that the AT91 team decides that they rather work closely with >> Jean-Christophe. > > That's of course also an option. > > Best regards, > Stefan Best Regards Ulf Samuelsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Atmel Nordic AB Mail: Box 2033, 174 02 Sundbyberg, Sweden Visit: Kavallerivägen 24, 174 58 Sundbyberg, Sweden Phone +46 (8) 441 54 22 Fax +46 (8) 441 54 29 GSM +46 (706) 22 44 57 Join the Atmel 2008 Microcontroller Seminar April 7-10. Introducing X-Mega, AVR32 and ARM9. STK600 Kit included. Register at Acte, Arrow or EBV webpage. Technical support when I am not available: AT90 AVR Applications Group: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] AT91 ARM Applications Group: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] AVR32 Applications Group mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.avrfreaks.net/; http://avr32linux.org/ http://www.at91.com/ ; http://www.linux4sam.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
