Unifying all Linux ports into one tree

I'm working towards merging all ports into one unify tree to push this to Linus. Here is a readmap.

Who is who for all Linux ports

• Architecture	Responsible Person	Web Site	Mailing List
  alpha	Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>, Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
  arm	Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>	[http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/]	linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk
  arm/pt (what's this exactly?)	Stefan Eletzhofer <tefan.eletzhofer@eletztrick.de>	[http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/]	linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk
  arm/shark (what's this exactly?)	Alexander Schulz <alex@shark-linux.de>	[http://www.shark-linux.de/shark.html]
  cris	Bjorn Wesen <bjornw@axis.com>	[http://developer.axis.com]	dev-etrax@axis.com
  h8300 (what's this exactly?)
  ia64	David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@hpl.hp.com>	[http://www.linuxia64.org/]	linux-ia64@linuxia64.org
  m68k	Jes Sorensen <jes@trained-monkey.org>	http://www.clark.net/pub/lawrencc/linux/index.html	linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org
  m68k/apple	Joshua Thompson <funaho@jurai.org>	[http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/]	linux-mac68k@mac.linux-m68k.org
  m68k/hp9k-300	Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>	[http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/linux-hp]
  m68k/sun3	Sam Creasey <sammy@sammy.net>	[http://sammy.net/sun3/]	sun3-list@redhat.com
  m68knommu	Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com>, David McCullough <davidm@snapgear.com>	[http://www.uclinux.org/]	jeff@uclinux.org
  mips	Ralf Bächle <ralf@linux-mips.org>	[http://www.linux-mips.org/]	linux-mips@linux-mips.org
  parisc	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>, Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>	[http://www.parisc-linux.org/]	parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org
  i386/visws	Andrey Panin <pazke@orbita1.ru>	[http://linux-visws.sf.net]	linux-visws@lists.sf.net
  i386/pc9800	Osamu Tomita <tomita@cinet.co.jp>	[http://www.kmc.gr.jp/proj/linux98/index-english.html]
  ppc	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>, Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>	[http://penguinppc.org/]
  ppc64	David Engebretsen <engebret@us.ibm.com>	http://linuxppc64.org/
  s390	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>	http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390	linux-390@vm.marist.edu, linux390@de.ibm.com
  sh	Niibe Yutaka <gniibe@m17n.org>	http://www.m17n.org/linux-sh/	linux-sh@m17n.org
  sparc	Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>, Dave S. Miller <davem@redhat.com		sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
  sparc64	Dave S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
  um	Jeff Dike <jdike@karaya.com>	http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net	user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
  v850	Miles Bader <miles@lsi.nec.co.jp>	http://www.ee.nec.de/uclinux/
  x86_64	Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>	http://www.x86-64.org	discuss@x86-64.org

Step 1: Get Data

Before starting anything, we have to get informed. This is why I'm planing to send an email with about this content:

Dear Port-Maintainer,

you're maintaing one or more Linux ports to different hardware. I'm currently
planing to end the life of a dozend different Linux trees, one for each
architecture. Instead of this, I'd like to have _one_ tree useable for
all supported architectures. I'm planing to merge all Linux trees, this is
why I've got some questions I'm kindly asking you to answer:

 I'm _________________ <_______@___________> and I'm maintaining Linux
port(s) to the _____________ architecture. For my architecture, I'm using
[ ] 2.4.x or [ ] 2.5.x. My trees are in this state:

                          | 2.4.x     | 2.5.x
--------------------------+-----------+---------
Keeping up'to'date        | [ ]       | [ ]
with Marcelo's / Linus'   |           |
tree including at least   |           |
-preX and -rcX releases,  |           |
possibly even their BK    |           |
trees                     |           |
--------------------------+-----------+---------
I'm only syncing with     | [ ]       | [ ]
full releases (no -rcX    |           |
or -preX releases)        |           |
--------------------------+-----------+---------
I'm only occassionally    | [ }       | [ ]
resyncing with Marcelo/   |           |
Linus                     |           |
--------------------------+-----------+---------
Ny Scource Code Management|           |
System is (CVS/BK/        |           |
ClearCase/homegrown/...)  |           |
--------------------------+-----------+---------
My current tree is        |           |
available at / not        |           |
available at all          |           |
--------------------------+-----------+---------
I think it would simplify | [ }       | [ ]
my work if I could do     |           |
development on a global   |           |
tree and it would be      |           |
sinpler to avoid global   |           |
breakages                 |           |
--------------------------+-----------+---------
I'm willing to help       | [ ]       | [ ]
achieving the goal of a   |           |
global tree by keeping    |           |
my tree up-to-date wrt.   |           |
Linus / Marcelo           |           |

Thanks a lot!

I'll contact you soon.

MfG, JBG