= 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 , Ivan Kokshaysky || || || || arm || Russell King || [[http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/]] || linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk || || arm/pt (what's this exactly?) || Stefan Eletzhofer || [[http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/]] || linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk || || arm/shark (what's this exactly?) || Alexander Schulz || [[http://www.shark-linux.de/shark.html]] || || || cris || Bjorn Wesen || [[http://developer.axis.com]] || dev-etrax@axis.com || || h8300 (what's this exactly?) || || || || || ia64 || David Mosberger-Tang || [[http://www.linuxia64.org/]] || linux-ia64@linuxia64.org || || m68k || Jes Sorensen || http://www.clark.net/pub/lawrencc/linux/index.html || linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org || || m68k/apple || Joshua Thompson || [[http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/]] || linux-mac68k@mac.linux-m68k.org || || m68k/hp9k-300 || Philip Blundell || [[http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/linux-hp]] || || || m68k/sun3 || Sam Creasey || [[http://sammy.net/sun3/]] || sun3-list@redhat.com || || m68knommu || Greg Ungerer , David Mc''''''Cullough || [[http://www.uclinux.org/]] || jeff@uclinux.org || || mips || Ralf Bächle || [[http://www.linux-mips.org/]] || linux-mips@linux-mips.org || || parisc || Matthew Wilcox , Grant Grundler || [[http://www.parisc-linux.org/]] || parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org || || i386/visws || Andrey Panin || [[http://linux-visws.sf.net]] || linux-visws@lists.sf.net || || i386/pc9800 || Osamu Tomita || [[http://www.kmc.gr.jp/proj/linux98/index-english.html]] || || || ppc || Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Roman Zippel || [[http://penguinppc.org/]] || || || ppc64 || David Engebretsen || http://linuxppc64.org/ || || || s390 || Martin Schwidefsky || http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390 || linux-390@vm.marist.edu, linux390@de.ibm.com || || sh || Niibe Yutaka || http://www.m17n.org/linux-sh/ || linux-sh@m17n.org || || sparc || Pete Zaitcev , Dave S. Miller || || || || um || Jeff Dike || http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net || user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net || || v850 || Miles Bader || http://www.ee.nec.de/uclinux/ || || || x86_64 || Andi Kleen || 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 }}}