On Wednesday 19 March 2008, Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
Would it not be better if the Atmel ARM was handled by the Atmel AT91 Product line
Could be, I really don't know. I don't remember seeing Atmel ARM patches posted or reviewed by other Atmel than yourself.
They were sent in 3-4 years ago. Since there were no response, they lost interest, and have not tried since then. They are maintaining a separate U-Boot source package.
Too bad. I think it would be a good idea, if "they" would try to work with the "official" U-Boot community again. Now with the custodian framework in place, some problems of the past should be solved.
So for the time being, we gladly accept that Jean-Christophe volunteered to take over this custodianship. From my point of view, he is doing a very good job with his other U-Boot activities. So I expect that the AT91 support could be handled better from now on.
Have no criticism against Jean-Christophe, but I think that support for new chips may be available earlier with the AT91 team.
Right. That's for sure.
But again, we are open for other suggestions here too. If you think someone at Atmel is better suited to do this job, then please let us know.
I will not have the time to maintain, that is for sure.
Understood.
I think that the issue needs to be raised with the AT91 team, but it might be that the AT91 team decides that they rather work closely with Jean-Christophe.
That's of course also an option.
Best regards, Stefan
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