Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 May 2008 13:58:12 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s), list | From | Kristoffer Ericson <> |
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On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:42:02 +0100 David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> wrote:
> Andrew Morton has been saying recently that we need an 'embedded > maintainer', to take responsibility for 'embedded issues' in the core > kernel, as well as trying to improve our relationship with those using > the Linux kernel for 'embedded' devices -- who have a reputation of > not working with us very closely; to their detriment as well as our > own.
Sounds like a good idea. I doubt it will change much concerning development but it would be good to have some "representation" for embedded stuff.
> > Various people, including myself, have been doing that kind of thing > on and off over the years anyway, but Andrew is probably right that > it's worth having someone listed in the MAINTAINERS file who actually > considers it their responsibility, and as a point of contact for > people seeking advice, review, etc. >
Agreed.
> I've volunteered to take a more active rôle in this, and Wind River > has agreed to assign Paul Gortmaker to it, too. The following patch > adds both of us to the MAINTAINERS file. > > We have also set up a mailing list, linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org, > where development related to embedded stuff can happen in a slightly > less noisy environment than the main linux-kernel list. We'd like to > encourage anyone working on Linux in embedded devices to join the list. > > -- > dwmw2 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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