[PATCH v4] ARM: AT91: add board support for Pcontrol_G20

[Peter Gsellmann]

Am Freitag, den 15.10.2010, 18:31 +0200 schrieb avictor.za at gmail.com: 
> hi,
> 
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:50 AM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
> <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com> wrote:
> > On 16:14 Thu 14 Oct     , Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> >> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 04:47:47PM +0200, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
> >> > > diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/pcontrol_g20_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/pcontrol_g20_defconfig
> >> > > new file mode 100644
> >>
> >> Is it really necessary to have another platform specific defconfig rather
> >> than grouping it together with other similar platforms?
> > I'm working on it to merge the cpu and boards together hope to finish it
> > before the end of the merge window
> 
> What's the point of having a board supported by the kernel, if you
> don't include a configuration file to actually make the board usable?
> 
In this scenario, i (and all other board maintainers) have to test the
merged defconfig on my board after the merge. 
If it fails, i have either to maintain a private version of defconfig :-(
or to checkin the needed changes which triggers the same task for (n-1)
board maintainers.

Regards,
Peter