Hi Maxim,
On Tue, 26 Sept 2023 at 03:43, Maxim Uvarov maxim.uvarov@linaro.org wrote:
add external lwIP library as a git submodule. Use STABLE-2_2_0_RELEASE tag.
Signed-off-by: Maxim Uvarov maxim.uvarov@linaro.org
.gitmodules | 3 +++ net/lwip/lwip-external | 1 + 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .gitmodules create mode 160000 net/lwip/lwip-external
I really don't agree with having submodules in U-Boot. It's just a huge hassle that we don't need. We still haven't figured out how to deal with config fragments.
If no one else is interested in maintaining this stack within U-Boot and syncing up every now and then, perhaps we should reconsider bringing this into U-Boot? We would never normally accept such a large body of code without even a MAINTAINERS entry. Without a network maintainer, even the integration layer will struggle to keep up and up-revving won't be possible anyway.
In any case, if we go with lwip, we should copy in just the code that is needed, unchanged,
Regards, Simon