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• M Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
• R Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>

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Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• [PATCH 0/2] Implement recovery boot detection for SPI flash
  2026-05-20 08:34 · 1 reply in 7d · Fabian Pfitzner <hidden>
• [PATCH 1/2] startup: point out that /env/bin/init is legacy
  2026-05-18 08:54 · 1 reply in 7d · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on barebox (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• [PATCH 1/2] bootsource: add bootsource instance index variable
  2026-05-20 · Fabian Pfitzner <hidden>
• [PATCH 2/2] doc: user: barebox: update typical barebox startup log
  2026-05-18 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH 1/2] startup: point out that /env/bin/init is legacy
  2026-05-18 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH] Documentation: rk35xx: add secure boot documentation
  2026-05-11 · Michael Tretter <m.tretter@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH] docs: migration-guides: Fix typo
  2026-05-11 · Gavin Schenk <hidden>
• [PATCH v2] environment: add explicit option to allow searching for environment devices
  2026-05-08 · Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH 2/3] Documentation: user: booting-linux: split off mtdparts fixup section
  2026-05-05 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH 3/3] bootm: append automatic parameters after all other linux.bootargs
  2026-05-05 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH 3/3] test: py: implement --port-forward option
  2026-05-03 · Ahmad Fatoum <hidden>
• [PATCH v2] doc: tlv: add images and custom format documentation
  2026-04-30 · Fabian Pflug <hidden>
• Re: [PATCH RESEND] doc: tlv: add images and custom format documentation
  2026-04-30 · Jonas Rebmann <hidden>
• [PATCH RESEND] doc: tlv: add images and custom format documentation
  2026-04-30 · Fabian Pflug <hidden>
• [PATCH v2 2/2] Documentation: add extlinux.conf support description
  2026-04-28 · Alexander Shiyan <hidden>
• [PATCH] Documentation: user: use matrix.to instead of element.io link
  2026-04-21 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH v3] Documentation: migration-guides: mention possible FIT compat break
  2026-04-17 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH master 2/4] Documentation: migration-guide: reinstate HABv4-enablement
  2026-04-17 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH master 4/4] Documentation: migration-guide: add note about ZynqMP OP-TEE
  2026-04-17 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH master 1/4] Documentation: migration-guide: fix TQMA8MPxL section
  2026-04-17 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH master 3/4] Documentation: migration-guide: mention TF-A v2.14 compatibility
  2026-04-17 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH v2] Documentation: migration-guides: mention possible FIT compat break
  2026-04-16 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH] Documentation: migration-guides: mention possible FIT compat break
  2026-04-16 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: add extlinux.conf support description
  2026-04-16 · Alexander Shiyan <hidden>
• [PATCH v2 1/2] environment: support DT-compatible-specific overlays
  2026-04-13 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH 4/5] video: simplefb-fixup: add stdout-path mode to register_simplefb param
  2026-04-13 · Ahmad Fatoum <hidden>
• [PATCH 5/5] Documentation: add OpenBSD booting guide
  2026-04-13 · Ahmad Fatoum <hidden>
• [PATCH] fixup! defaultenv: base: add new devboot script
  2026-03-18 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH v4 8/8] crypto: keytoc: Deprecate fit-hint from env variable
  2026-03-17 · Jonas Rebmann <hidden>
• [PATCH v4 6/8] Documentation: migration-guides: Document change in keyspec env vars
  2026-03-17 · Jonas Rebmann <hidden>
• [PATCH v3 4/4] Documentation: migration-guides: Document change in keyspec env vars
  2026-03-16 · Jonas Rebmann <hidden>
• [PATCH 15/16] Documentation: user: devboot: add section on forwarding build dirs
  2026-03-12 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• [PATCH v5 4/4] bootm: introduce bootm.root_param variable
  2025-12-01 · Fabian Pflug <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH v5 2/4] fs: split rootargs into root and options
  2025-12-01 · Fabian Pflug <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH v2 3/5] cdev-alias: add support for storage{.removable,.builtin}
  2025-12-12 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> · 1 Reviewed-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• [PATCH v2 16/17] doc/barebox-tlv: Update documentation regarding TLV-Signature
  2025-10-28 · Jonas Rebmann <hidden>
• [PATCH v3 17/17] Documentation: migration-2025.12.0: List changes to CONFIG_CRYPTO_PUBLIC_KEYS
  2025-11-06 · Jonas Rebmann <hidden>
• [PATCH v3 16/17] doc/barebox-tlv: Update documentation regarding TLV-Signature
  2025-11-06 · Jonas Rebmann <hidden>
• [PATCH 9/9] Documentation: migration: add i.MX8MP SoC UID change note
  2025-11-13 · Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH v2 1/1] ARM i.MX6SL: Add Kindle generation 6/7 support
  2025-11-17 · Alexander Kurz <hidden>
• [PATCH v2 9/9] Documentation: migration: add i.MX8MP SoC UID change note
  2025-11-17 · Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH v3 1/1] ARM i.MX6SL: Add Kindle generation 6/7 support
  2025-11-17 · Alexander Kurz <hidden>
• [PATCH v2 2/4] fs: split rootargs into root and options
  2025-11-27 · Fabian Pflug <hidden>
• [PATCH 4/4] treewide: drop last remnants of <config.h>
  2025-11-28 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
• [PATCH 2/4] Documentation: factor out build rules into stand-alone Makefile
  2025-11-28 · Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>