From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:37:43 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:35296 "EHLO bacchus.dhis.org") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S8133594AbWDBThf (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Apr 2006 20:37:35 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by bacchus.dhis.org (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k32JmOKX029475 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 20:48:24 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k32JmMIP029474 for linux-mips@linux-mips.org; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 20:48:22 +0100 Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 20:48:22 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Removing support for old boards Message-ID: <20060402194822.GA26358@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 11009 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips o DDB5074 and DDB5476 eval boards don't compile anymore since around 2.6.0, I've mentioned that before, and two people mentioned their interest in continued support for the board but no pathches yet. o EV96100 doesn't build anymore since at least November 15, 2003. No bug reports. o Jaguar ATX didn't build. High on my lists of things to be removed because of it's awkard architecture that requires old features in the generic memory managment code to be left around. o None of the other MV-64340 based boards, that is Ocelot C and Ocelot 3 does build since over a year yet again indicating there is nobody left that has any interest in these boards. o Altas and SEAD don't build and nobody has complained; MIPS Technologies does no longer sell these boards since years. o The serial driver for the two IT8172-based boards does not build for quite some time yet again (at least since 2.6.0, that's over two year) indicating nobody has enough interest to fix the thing. Same applies for the Globespan IVR (CONFIG_MIPS_IVR) board. A while ago I already mentioned the IT8172 board as a candidate for removal; somebody (Fuxin?) objected but no fixes ... So that's my current list of candidates for removal and there are probably a few more good candidates. Objections? Or even better *PATCHES* [1] to fix things? Ralf [1] Sorry for mentioning the p-word ;-)