[coreboot] Rebasing a 2009 branch on current master (VX900 anyone?)

[Alex G.]

Hi,

I am that guy that never seems to get VX900 working properly. I've
recently received some code[1] for the VX900 from VIA. It is based on a
coreboot fork from about 2009.

Rather than try to continue my own VX900 effort, I think it is better to
use the code provided by VIA, and clean that one up.

I don't have the SVN history for the code, but Cristi was able to trace
it back to somewhere around hash a9c5ea08d07d343d32d4c083a232107bd84d8064

VIA has no interest in maintaining or rebasing the code, so we're on our
own here. The good news is that using this code will reduce the time
needed to complete the VX900 port significantly.

I therefore ask the gurus, "What is the best way to go about this?"

Let's hope we can get this code working with our current master. If we
manage to rebase it, I can clean it up, and optimize it a bit.

Alex


[1] http://g-tech.no-ip.org/~mrnuke/coreboot_vx900_vt8595a.tgz