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Re: [PATCH 0/4] Nios II port submission
- From: Chung-Lin Tang <chunglin_tang at mentor dot com>
- To: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, Chung-Lin Tang <cltang at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Sandra Loosemore <sandra at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 17:22:28 +0800
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Nios II port submission
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On 14/3/29 12:11 AM, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2014, Chung-Lin Tang wrote:
>
>> (1) The configure bits still refer to Linux version 3.8 as the minimum
>> version, which is planned to be updated when Altera successfully gets
>> their kernel port upstream (presumed to be within the 3.15 cycle, the
>> comments already reflect this).
>
> Following the principle established with MIPS NaN-2008, the version should
> be set to 10.0.0 until there is an actual kernel upstream with the
> support.
>
As a question on policy, can a new port be committed (and included in a
release) in this 10.0.0 form before the kernel port actually gets
accepted upstream?
Thanks,
Chung-Lin