[Letux-kernel] Lay common foundation to make PVR/SGX work without hacks on OMAP34xx, OMAP36xx, AM335x and potentially OMAP4, OMAP5

[Tony Lindgren]

* H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com> [190213 15:22]:
> Do you have suggestions for a dedicated mailing list?

How about something like open-pvrsgx-devel at vger.kernel.org?
I think all you have to do is email the vger.kernel.org
postmaster and explain what this list is about.

> Or a common git repo to use?

How about initially set up somethign at gitlab/github as
suggested by Paweł?

And then also get a kernel.org account and start setting
up a proper open-pvrsgx-devel git branch at git.kernel.org
eventually for the mainline kernel module(s)?

> As said, I'd prefer kernel.org/staging and linux-omap (because we seem to be the largest group)
> because it would make things simpler.

Sure, I'm just saying we should wait a bit until we have
code ready for staging to avoid churning the Linux kernel
pointlessly initially.

> And there is another aspect which came to my mind just now.
> 
> Having a separate ML + GIT needs activities to draw attention of other developers while
> sitting on kernel.org would automatically make use of the existing Linux announcement
> channels. Some 5.x-rc1 would simply include it. ELIXIR will cross-reference it. Patchwork
> will archive discussions. LKML will present patches to all potential developers. So we
> would make use of the existing communication machinery besides a ML.

Yeah there's nothing stopping you from getting a kernel.org
account and setting up something like open-pvrsgx-devel
git tree there to start with. As we've discussed, these
are already GPL components for the kernel although unusable
in their current form.

> Having it separated needs also some HOWTO for integration and getting it compiled.
> 
> So I see a lot of benefits.
> 
> But this would need to get Greg into the boat or at least accept what we are doing and
> providing resources. You likely know him better than me. How should we contact him?

I think we should just wait on the staging part a bit
until we have something usable. There will most likely
be a lot of churn initially.

Regards,

Tony