Re: [DistroKit] [PATCH 0/2] v7a: rpi: unify rpi{2, 3, cm3} into common rpi.hdimg

[Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>]

Hello Roland,

On 03.05.22 13:34, Roland Hieber wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 10:38:19AM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> barebox has had the ability to generate an extra image that's bootable
>> like a kernel for a while now. With small adjustment, we can let the
>> videocore use this image and pass it the appropriate device tree
>> depending on the board used. Moving this decision into the VideoCore
>> allows us to use the same DistroKit hdimg for all of the Raspberry Pi 2,
>> Rasperry Pi 3 and Raspberry Pi CM3.
>>
>> The patches added in this series are all already part of the barebox
>> next branch and will thus expectedly go away with v2022.06.0.
> 
> I wonder if we should revive usage of the "Forwarded" or "Origin"
> pseudo-headers in patches as described in [DEP-3], so that such
> information doesn't get lost on the mailing list, and future package
> updates get easier. In this case, it would look like:
> 
>     Forwarded: https://lore.barebox.org/barebox/20220425094857.674044-2-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de

Yes, I could add a lore link next time.

> 
> or, for backports:
> 
>     Applied-Upstream: v2022.06.0, commit:ce7692081fb5b3a5fc0c

Wouldn't work for features (they go into next first, which can be
rebased, unlike master), but I'll keep this in mind if I happen
to add patches that are already in master.

Thanks,
Ahmad

> 
> [DEP-3]: https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep3/
> 
>  - Roland
> 


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