Why there is no BSP support for Mini2440 while there is a port for Mini2440 out there?

[Joel Sherrill]

On 06/24/2012 01:46 PM, Gedare Bloom wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You might try asking if anyone has experience with it on rtems-users
> mailing list. As for the question in the subject line, RTEMS will
> support a port/bsp if someone contributes it (and there is user
> interest in it);  someone has to be motivated enough to get this code
> working and submit it. The best scenario is for the original authors
> to submit the code, and perhaps you should ask Bacon Xu about
> submitting the port/bsp.
If the code is properly licensed per RTEMS requirements, you
are free to update the code to the current RTEMS, test it,
and submit it.  Bacon Xu just didn't do the tiny bit of work
required to submit it.

--joel
> -Gedare
>
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 3:37 PM, SAeeD<salpha.2004 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I think the subject is clear enough. While looking for a port of RTEMS to
>> Mini2440, I found this Git which is owned by Bacon Xu.
>> Bacon has successfully booted RTEMS on QEMU, simulating Mini2440 board. His
>> Blog contains some notes about this port.
>> Although I'm not sure that QEMU configuration is maximal for simulating all
>> details of Mini2440 platform, I wonder has any one ever tried to use the
>> ported version of Bacon's RTEMS for Mini2440? Is it working on real HW?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> SAeeD
>>
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