[U-Boot] Is EP88x board dead or not?

[U-Boot] Is EP88x board dead or not?

[Masahiro Yamada]

Hello Wolfgang


You deleted the EP88x entry in boards.cfg
at the following commit


commit 1b0757eceddf037aad99ab59217a3a5c215e15d1
Author: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Date:   Wed Oct 24 02:36:15 2012 +0000

    PPC: remove dead boards (AMX860, c2mon, ETX094, IAD210, LANTEC, SCM)
    
    These boards have long reached EOL, and there has been no indication
    of any active users of such hardware for years.  Get rid of the dead
    weight.
    
    Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
    Cc: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@denx.de>



You only mentioned about AMX860, c2mon, ETX094, IAD210, LANTEC, SCM in commit log.
But you also deleted EP88x.


I suspect you accidentally deleted the entry of EP88x in boards.cfg
because:

 - EP88x is not found in doc/README.scrapyard
 - include/configs/EP88x.h is remaining
 - board/ep88x/  is remaining
 - I could successfully build EP88x by simply re-adding entry to boards.cfg




Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

[U-Boot] Is EP88x board dead or not?

[Albert ARIBAUD]

Hi Masahiro,

On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:30:56 +0900, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.m@jp.panasonic.com> wrote:

> Hello Wolfgang
> 
> 
> You deleted the EP88x entry in boards.cfg
> at the following commit
> 
> 
> commit 1b0757eceddf037aad99ab59217a3a5c215e15d1
> Author: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
> Date:   Wed Oct 24 02:36:15 2012 +0000
> 
>     PPC: remove dead boards (AMX860, c2mon, ETX094, IAD210, LANTEC, SCM)
>     
>     These boards have long reached EOL, and there has been no indication
>     of any active users of such hardware for years.  Get rid of the dead
>     weight.
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
>     Cc: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@denx.de>
> 
> 
> 
> You only mentioned about AMX860, c2mon, ETX094, IAD210, LANTEC, SCM in commit log.
> But you also deleted EP88x.
> 
> 
> I suspect you accidentally deleted the entry of EP88x in boards.cfg
> because:
> 
>  - EP88x is not found in doc/README.scrapyard
>  - include/configs/EP88x.h is remaining
>  - board/ep88x/  is remaining
>  - I could successfully build EP88x by simply re-adding entry to boards.cfg

(Wolfgang, correct me if I am wrong)

I cannot tell indeed if Wolfgang's removal of ep88x was intentional or
not, but two things are sure: prior to its removal by Wolfgang, EP88x
did not have any MAINTAINERS entry; and since it was removed, you are
the first one to notice.

I would therefore say that if you want EP88x re-introduced, then please
step up as the new board maintainer by adding your e-mail address in
boards.cfg -- and please do it only if you actually have an EP88x board
to test on.

If you don't have an EP88x, or do not plan to be a maintainer for it,
and if no one else does either, then the best is to remove it entirely.

> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.

[U-Boot] Is EP88x board dead or not?

[Masahiro Yamada]

Hello Albert, Wolfgang.

> I would therefore say that if you want EP88x re-introduced, then please
> step up as the new board maintainer by adding your e-mail address in
> boards.cfg -- and please do it only if you actually have an EP88x board
> to test on.
> 
> If you don't have an EP88x, or do not plan to be a maintainer for it,
> and if no one else does either, then the best is to remove it ent

I neither have the board nor plan to be a maintiner.

Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

[U-Boot] Is EP88x board dead or not?

[Masahiro Yamada]

Hello Wolfgang


On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:46:48 +0200
Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net> wrote:
> (Wolfgang, correct me if I am wrong)
> 
> I cannot tell indeed if Wolfgang's removal of ep88x was intentional or
> not, but two things are sure: prior to its removal by Wolfgang, EP88x
> did not have any MAINTAINERS entry; and since it was removed, you are
> the first one to notice.
> 
> I would therefore say that if you want EP88x re-introduced, then please
> step up as the new board maintainer by adding your e-mail address in
> boards.cfg -- and please do it only if you actually have an EP88x board
> to test on.
> 
> If you don't have an EP88x, or do not plan to be a maintainer for it,
> and if no one else does either, then the best is to remove it entirely.


Wolfgang. Any comments about this?


I can post a patch to
  - Delete  include/configs/EP88x.h
  - Delete  board/ep88x/*
  - Add EP88X to doc/README.scrapyard

Is this OK for you too?



Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

[U-Boot] Is EP88x board dead or not?

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Masahiro Yamada,

sorry, I missed that thread.

In message <20131018161619.7F08.AA925319@jp.panasonic.com> you wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:46:48 +0200
> Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net> wrote:
> > (Wolfgang, correct me if I am wrong)
> > 
> > I cannot tell indeed if Wolfgang's removal of ep88x was intentional or
> > not, but two things are sure: prior to its removal by Wolfgang, EP88x
> > did not have any MAINTAINERS entry; and since it was removed, you are
> > the first one to notice.

I have to admit that I cannot tell for sure.

Looking at what happenend I think I ran across the ep88x a bit later
in the process of the board removals, intended to remove it, got
interrupted, and then forgot to complete it.  Sorry for that.

> > I would therefore say that if you want EP88x re-introduced, then please
> > step up as the new board maintainer by adding your e-mail address in
> > boards.cfg -- and please do it only if you actually have an EP88x board
> > to test on.
> > 
> > If you don't have an EP88x, or do not plan to be a maintainer for it,
> > and if no one else does either, then the best is to remove it entirely.
> 
> 
> Wolfgang. Any comments about this?
> 
> 
> I can post a patch to
>   - Delete  include/configs/EP88x.h
>   - Delete  board/ep88x/*
>   - Add EP88X to doc/README.scrapyard
> 
> Is this OK for you too?

Yes, that would be great.  It seems we all agree that this is a dead
horse anyway.

Thanks for your careful checking, and thanks for volunteering to
complete the board removal. Both is highly appreciated.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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