From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:33:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 5/6] ARM: dove: Remove watchdog from DT In-Reply-To: <201209251120.54255.arnd@arndb.de> References: <1348531338-16624-1-git-send-email-sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> <20120925103141.GG27099@lunn.ch> <201209251120.54255.arnd@arndb.de> Message-ID: <201209251233.09060.arnd@arndb.de> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org 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 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754809Ab2IYMdP (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:33:15 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.171]:54877 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753469Ab2IYMdO (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:33:14 -0400 From: Arnd Bergmann To: Andrew Lunn , sebastien requiem Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] ARM: dove: Remove watchdog from DT Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:33:08 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.2 (Linux/3.5.0; KDE/4.3.2; x86_64; ; ) Cc: Thomas Petazzoni , Sebastian Hesselbarth , Russell King , Jason Cooper , Olof Johansson , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Gregory Clement References: <1348531338-16624-1-git-send-email-sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> <20120925103141.GG27099@lunn.ch> <201209251120.54255.arnd@arndb.de> In-Reply-To: <201209251120.54255.arnd@arndb.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201209251233.09060.arnd@arndb.de> X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:s+hUioOXUb3VFHA1uB3aExM98+sbKkd6LZZ0EkCFg9v XkMGDNl2PjhMhBpV+k5JeJWn04k/lXiORNYQzWEwWKiLckxakM VfIxXp5jMSJ1Psw589Nw1KaG+z5OtReFVn2yhEdB7jeUnB+lf8 JAxAJbJpzJLJgZKLcdqosgkvRf+Yr8ZBQOtiM4CpRYGe9ShZly pc9stZUwKvy2QlGfJACruBMddSx51wtu+khPouiayN16sjGWR+ IrCiD89YcMgTgy96l8XVXJcR+qQmMcsK7hZ9d/kZu0zb/qP5tS ee+3bhSGdoMkc10MSdqK/LuHvJNHQadwtubjWVEPcNFkbrbmeq KM1fWVH/BDF+GmMB0SMY= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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