[coreboot] [RFC][PATCHv2]add WIP_ARM config entry

Stefan Reinauer stefan.reinauer at coreboot.org
Wed Apr 6 18:33:51 CEST 2011


* Hamo <hamo.by at gmail.com> [110406 16:33]:
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Paul Menzel
> <paulepanter at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, den 06.04.2011, 20:20 +0800 schrieb Hamo:
> >> Add WIP_ARM config entry so that we can make all ARM-related
> >> entries depend on this now.
> >> We need to make all the ARM-related code available to ALL so that we
> >> can attract those interested in ARM to join us. During this process,
> >> some of the code may not be usable, so we need this to ensure that
> >> those normal users will not be upset with it.
> >
> > Would a separate branch – named for example arm-support – not be more
> > beneficial and when everything is working merge it into trunk/master?
> 
> If we just create a new branch, only a few fellows can know that we
> are porting coreboot to ARM,
> but if we add a new option, all the people who try to build coreboot
> will know it. Through this way,
> we can attract more people working on or testing this.

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