[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] brcm2708: rename all patches from raspberrypi git tree to use 999 prefix

[Álvaro Fernández Rojas]

El 23/03/2017 a las 18:38, Rafał Miłecki escribió:
> On 2017-03-23 18:29, Felix Fietkau wrote:
>> On 2017-03-22 21:36, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>>> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
>>>
>>> Right now all brcm2708 patches are extracted from the non-mainline
>>> raspberrypi/linux git tree. Many of them are hacks and/or are unneeded
>>> in LEDE. Raspberry Pi is getting better and better mainline support so
>>> it would be nice to finally start maintaining patches in a cleaner way:
>>> 1) Backport patches accepted in upstream tree
>>> 2) Start using upstream drivers
>>> 3) Pick only these patches that are needed for more complete support
>>>
>>> Handling above tasks requires grouping patches - ideally using the same
>>> prefixes as generic ones. It means we should rename existing patches to
>>> use some high prefix. This will allow e.g. use 0xx for backported code.
>> I agree with the split, but could you please use a number much lower
>> than 999? ;)
I also agree with the split, but I have to warn you that I may not be able to achieve this right now since I haven't got much free time lately...

> 
> I'd like to have "access" to all standard prefixes:
> 
> 0xx - upstream backports
> 1xx - code awaiting upstream merge
> 2xx - kernel build / config / header patches
> 3xx - architecture specific patches
> 4xx - mtd related patches (subsystem and drivers)
> 5xx - filesystem related patches
> 6xx - generic network patches
> 7xx - network / phy driver patches
> 8xx - other drivers
> 9xx - uncategorized other patches
I think those patches fit into the "uncategorized other patches" category so why don't we use 900-?

> 
> and have these patches applied on top of everything else.
> 
> Would something like 950 be a better choice?
> 
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~ Álvaro.