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From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Ladislav Michl <ladis@linux-mips.org>,
	github@hilscher.com
Cc: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>,
	Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@pengutronix.de>,
	Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@pengutronix.de>
Subject: Re: Hilscher NetX mach-netx refactorings
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 13:14:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACRpkdZ7KSmgTYP8a_RUJAWKzuc652OZ420Lq4ZnzkCuESLZ2Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a08TV+sQhsCPjkXh6wOKEpLfGLqVo9+FHoXzDVXs_bY7A@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 1:03 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 9:35 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Sascha, Robert,
> >
> > I am looking at refactoring mach-netx to use the new PL11x
> > DRM driver for the graphics.
> >
> > I need to make sure that patches get tested on the hardware
> > and just want to ascertain that there is an active maintainer that
> > will be able to test patches I make for this and work on getting
> > it migrated to DRM before I start spending time on it.
> >
> > Are you/pengutronix still actively maintaining this machine and
> > testing new kernels on netx?
> >
> > I guess the second question is whether you have plans to migrate
> > it to device tree and multiplatform, but I'm mainly thinking about
> > my own little patches now.
>
>
> On a related note, there does appear to be active work on
> newer netx machines that were never upstreamed, see
> https://github.com/Hilscher/netx4000-linux/commits/v4.9-netx4000-stable

That RS485 addition to PL011 using GPIOs is a bit hacky but
looks like very useful for industrial applications.
Ladislav, have you been in contact with Hilscher?

> I wonder if anyone has contacts into the company so we can
> work together with them to include them into mainline Linux.

They have a mail address github@hilscher.com, let's knock
on the door and see if somebody answers it :D

I'd personally be able to take a stab at converting this machine
to device tree and multiplatform if I only had access to the
hardware, as it seems to be in the same class as EP93xx
and MOXA ART: deployed in industrial systems as we speak.

Yours,
Linus Walleij

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  reply	other threads:[~2019-01-13 12:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-12  8:35 Hilscher NetX mach-netx refactorings Linus Walleij
2019-01-12 12:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-13 12:14   ` Linus Walleij [this message]
2019-01-13 15:50     ` Ladislav Michl
2019-01-13 22:39       ` Linus Walleij
2019-01-14 11:26     ` Michael Trensch
2019-01-14 14:22       ` Linus Walleij
2019-01-15  7:05         ` Michael Trensch
2019-01-15 10:11           ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-15 10:14         ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-14 10:35 ` Sascha Hauer

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