Re: [PATCH]Add support for Open8 configuration to config.sub (from config.git)

["khays at hayshaus dot com" <khays at hayshaus dot com>]

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Exactly - I approached Ben Elliston with a requested patch to config.sub, and it
was approved.
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I searched the binutils archives for the instance of "an upstream commit of
config.sub by someone who lacks check-in privileges", and missed it, if it
exists.
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Given that I don't have checkin privileges (nor should I), I made a guess that
submitting the change as a patch was the most correct approach.
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I'm not complaining, mind you. There seems to be a great deal of "assumed
knowledge" on how to interact with the list - so far, I seem to have
(regrettably) made every mistake that can be made.
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Looking through the MAINTAINERS file gives some global context - is there more
extensive documentation, perhaps a wiki that I've missed, that gives more of the
day-to-day "etiquette"?
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I've really gotten off on the wrong foot, here, and all I'm trying to accomplish
is to contribute my binutils port for the Open8, so I can move on to finishing
my gcc port.
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Truly, I wish to conform to the recognized protocols - can someone mentor me,
off list, please?
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Also, I apologize for the clutter I've injected through my attempts.
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Kirk HaysÂ
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On April 4, 2011 at 9:05 AM Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com> wrote:

> Re subject, you mean like it's committed in the upstream
> config sources?
>
> On Mon, 4 Apr 2011, Kirk Hays wrote:
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> > 2011-04-01 Kirk Hays <khays@hayshaus.com>
> >
> >Â Â Â Â Â* config.sub: From config.git: Add configuration support for Open8
> >Â Â Â Â ÂMCU softcore.
>
> If so, then this should be something like "Update from upstream
> sources." as you can see for previous imports. ;)
> (And it should be a full update, not just a patch for your port;
> I don't know if that's what's going on.)
>
> When the changelog instead mentions the specific change, it
> looks like a manual patch which is usually due to a
> misunderstanding of the process, but we've been over that.
>
> brgds, H-P