[PATCH 00/15] ARM: shmobile: uImage load address rework

[Magnus Damm]

Hi Arnd,

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 June 2013 16:06:16 Magnus Damm wrote:
>> ARM: shmobile: uImage load address rework
>>
>> [PATCH 01/15] ARM: shmobile: Per-board uImage load addresses
>> [PATCH 02/15] ARM: shmobile: AG5EVM uImage rework
>> [PATCH 03/15] ARM: shmobile: AP4EVB uImage rework
>> [PATCH 04/15] ARM: shmobile: APE6EVM uImage rework
>> [PATCH 05/15] ARM: shmobile: Armadillo800EVA uImage rework
>> [PATCH 06/15] ARM: shmobile: Bock-W uImage rework
>> [PATCH 07/15] ARM: shmobile: Bonito uImage rework
>> [PATCH 08/15] ARM: shmobile: KZM9D uImage rework
>> [PATCH 09/15] ARM: shmobile: KZM9G uImage rework
>> [PATCH 10/15] ARM: shmobile: Kota2 uImage rework
>> [PATCH 11/15] ARM: shmobile: Lager uImage rework
>> [PATCH 12/15] ARM: shmobile: Mackerel uImage rework
>> [PATCH 13/15] ARM: shmobile: Marzen uImage rework
>> [PATCH 14/15] ARM: shmobile: Armadillo800EVA reference uImage rework
>> [PATCH 15/15] ARM: shmobile: Remove MEMORY_START uImage load address
>>
>> Rework the mach-shmobile uImage load address calculation by storing
>> the per-board load addresses in Makefile.boot. This removes the
>> CONFIG_MEMORY_START dependency from Makefile.boot, and it also makes
>> it possible to create safe kernel images that boot on multiple boards.
>>
>> This is one of several series of code that reworks code not to rely on
>> CONFIG_MEMORY_START/SIZE which in turn is needed for ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM.
>
> Looks good to me. I just really wouldn't bother creating so many patches
> for this when you just modify a single file multiple times. A single
> patch would be just as good, unless you are desperate to top the LWN
> patch statistics ;-)

Yes, you got it, always desperate! =)

I guess I had some idea that people could reply to each board specific
email with information about testing and potential issues, but so far
I have not seen anyone taking advantage of that opportunity.

Thanks,

/ magnus