From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] ARM: dove: Remove watchdog from DT
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:33:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201209251233.09060.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201209251120.54255.arnd@arndb.de>
On Tuesday 25 September 2012, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 September 2012, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > Regarding mv78xx0, I agree that I'm not sure what to do. The number of
> > > supported platforms is small. Should we simply mark mv78xx0 deprecated
> > > now, wait a few release cycles to see if anyone shows up, and see what
> > > to do at this point?
>
> We should let Sebastien Requiem comment. He is the only person outside of
> Marvell who has contributed a board file for mv78xx0. If he's interested in
> keeping it alive, he's hopefully also able to find the time to test the
> devicetree version of that platform in mach-mvebu. Similarly, if anyone
> has the MASA reference design, that one could be moved over to mach-mvebu
> first.
>
> There is a much smaller user base for mv78xx0 than for orion5x, so as long
> as we can keep the support working with DT, we can throw out the legacy
> code much faster than for orion. If it doesn't get put into mach-mvebu
> and you can't find anyone who has hardware to test on, you could also
> stop maintaining it and leave it to bitrot, but I wouldn't just remove it
> on a fast track then.
The address I used for Sebastien appears to be dead. Maybe this one still
works.
Arnd
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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>, sebastien requiem <sebastien@requiem.fr>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>,
Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com>,
Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>,
Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] ARM: dove: Remove watchdog from DT
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:33:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201209251233.09060.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201209251120.54255.arnd@arndb.de>
On Tuesday 25 September 2012, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 September 2012, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > Regarding mv78xx0, I agree that I'm not sure what to do. The number of
> > > supported platforms is small. Should we simply mark mv78xx0 deprecated
> > > now, wait a few release cycles to see if anyone shows up, and see what
> > > to do at this point?
>
> We should let Sebastien Requiem comment. He is the only person outside of
> Marvell who has contributed a board file for mv78xx0. If he's interested in
> keeping it alive, he's hopefully also able to find the time to test the
> devicetree version of that platform in mach-mvebu. Similarly, if anyone
> has the MASA reference design, that one could be moved over to mach-mvebu
> first.
>
> There is a much smaller user base for mv78xx0 than for orion5x, so as long
> as we can keep the support working with DT, we can throw out the legacy
> code much faster than for orion. If it doesn't get put into mach-mvebu
> and you can't find anyone who has hardware to test on, you could also
> stop maintaining it and leave it to bitrot, but I wouldn't just remove it
> on a fast track then.
The address I used for Sebastien appears to be dead. Maybe this one still
works.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-25 12:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-25 0:02 [PATCH 0/6] Dove fixes for arm-soc/for-next Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 0:02 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 0:02 ` [PATCH 1/6] ARM: dove: Add pcie clock support Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 0:02 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 0:02 ` [PATCH 2/6] ARM: dove: Fix tauros2 device tree init Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 0:02 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 1:22 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 1:22 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 5:19 ` Andrew Lunn
2012-09-25 5:19 ` Andrew Lunn
2012-09-25 8:56 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 8:56 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 0:02 ` [PATCH 3/6] ARM: dove: Fix clock names of sata and gbe Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 0:02 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 0:02 ` [PATCH 4/6] ARM: dove: Restructure SoC device tree descriptor Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 0:02 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 0:02 ` [PATCH 5/6] ARM: dove: Remove watchdog from DT Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 0:02 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 5:35 ` Andrew Lunn
2012-09-25 5:35 ` Andrew Lunn
2012-09-25 9:11 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 9:11 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 9:18 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-09-25 9:18 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-09-25 9:46 ` Andrew Lunn
2012-09-25 9:46 ` Andrew Lunn
2012-09-25 10:14 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-09-25 10:14 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-09-25 10:31 ` Andrew Lunn
2012-09-25 10:31 ` Andrew Lunn
2012-09-25 11:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-25 11:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-25 11:48 ` Arnaud Patard (Rtp)
2012-09-25 11:48 ` Arnaud Patard
2012-09-25 12:28 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-25 12:28 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-10-08 18:40 ` Martin Michlmayr
2012-10-08 19:57 ` Andrew Lunn
2012-10-08 20:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-10-08 20:29 ` Andrew Lunn
2012-09-25 12:33 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2012-09-25 12:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-25 18:25 ` sebastien requiem
2012-09-25 20:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-25 20:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-25 0:02 ` [PATCH 6/6] ARM: dove: Add crypto engine to DT Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 0:02 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2012-09-25 5:37 ` [PATCH 0/6] Dove fixes for arm-soc/for-next Andrew Lunn
2012-09-25 5:37 ` Andrew Lunn
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