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Re: Proposal for supporting IXRD425 HAL support in RedBoot v1.92
- From: Mark Salter <msalter at redhat dot com>
- To: balakesan dot p dot thevar at intel dot com
- Cc: andrew at lunn dot ch, ecos-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:35:16 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: Proposal for supporting IXRD425 HAL support in RedBoot v1.92
- References: <9F6E97AED595524F8A3F72914F1E4AC1B8C118@orsmsx405.jf.intel.com>
>>>>> Thevar, Balakesan P writes:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew@lunn.ch]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 3:02 PM
> To: Thevar, Balakesan P
> Cc: ecos-patches@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Proposal for supporting IXRD425 HAL support in RedBoot
> v1.92
> ----deleted----
>> IXRD425 is an another board based on IXP425 processor family
>> similar to IXDP425 (Richfield) and GRG (Coyote). I created the
>> IXRD425 HAL support for RedBoot v1.92, originally downloaded from:
>> ftp://ftp.ges.redhat.com/private/gnupro-xscale-030422
> Second silly question. Is this publicly released? Its a hidden
> directory, so unless you know its there, you cannot access it.
> Thats correct. I am not sure about how one can add a feature into this
> code. Anybody has any contact info about this?.
I don't believe there is anything in that tarball that isn't in the
public CVS.
>> I made IXRD425 HAL support as an ecos package, so that we can
>> install it to the RedBoot v1.92.
>> Can I send the ecos package for IXRD425 board support?. I also have
>> the IXRD425 hardware ready for testing the RedBoot. Is there any
>> procedure involved, please do let me know. -Bala
> You will need to assign the copywrite to RedHat. See
> http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/assign.html. Our past experience is
> that Intel won't sign such an agreement. Maybe this time it will be
> different?
> Understood. Can anyone point to a contact person in RedHat who is
> responsible for the directory in redhat FTP site -
> ftp://ftp.ges.redhat.com/private/gnupro-xscale-030422.
> I want to add our board (IXRD425) support on this code.
I'm the one who put the tarball there. Its not meant as a source for
further development. Your new port should go in the public CVS.
--Mark