In message Pine.LNX.4.40.0211041930120.2979-100000@mag.devdep.sysgo.de you wrote:
What's so bad with sending a couple of patches first? Everybody else does.
Let me ask you a question: why do you maintain your own kernel tree? Probably because its easier than getting your patches accepted. I want
You know the reasons very well:
We need a stable kernel for our customers, but patches and extensions get only accepted for the 2.5 kernel, which is far from acceptable for a customer project. So we simply have no choice but maintaining our own trees.
interested in other peoples opinion on this. Do we need aprobation time to be allowed to continue working on U-Boot[ARM] again?
Nobody prevents you from working - just go on. The only restriction that _everybody_ will be facing is that CVS write access is not granted immediately. Send me your patches, and I promise to merge them in with the minimum possible delay. Then we'll discuss write permissions again. My descision is based on experience from the PPCBoot project, and I see no good reason to change my mind.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk