From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gerg@snapgear.com (Greg Ungerer) Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 22:51:50 +1000 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] ARM: ks8695: convert to generic time and clocksource In-Reply-To: <201209031115.18539.arnd@arndb.de> References: <1346264842-20411-1-git-send-email-linus.walleij@linaro.org> <201209021849.54348.arnd@arndb.de> <504434E8.9040205@snapgear.com> <201209031115.18539.arnd@arndb.de> Message-ID: <5044A7E6.10908@snapgear.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Hi Arnd, On 09/03/2012 09:15 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Monday 03 September 2012, Greg Ungerer wrote: >>> >>> Note that this platform is one of those we talked about removing >>> from the kernel for potentially being completely unused. Do we have >>> reason to believe that people are still using ks8695 for anything >>> with new kernels? >> >> I'll put my hand up as a user of it. I run every release kernel >> on KS8695 platforms, though I don't tend to do much testing of >> rc kernels on it. > > Ok, very good. Booting every new kernel on a platform is more testing > than a lot of the older platforms get as far as I can tell. > >>> If any of you are doing that, we'll definitely keep the port around, >>> the idea is not to break anything that people are actually using. >>> In that case, I would like to see a MAINTAINERS entry for the platform >>> so we have a contact for someone who is able to ack and maybe test >>> patches. >> >> I am happy enough to ack and test changes, if no one else wants to >> do it. I don't expect to do any real active development on it though. >> I do have some board files that would have been nice to push into >> mainline, but I have been holding off (for quite a while), hoping >> that someone might support DTs on this sub-arch. > > If nobody is actually working on new stuff, we might be better off > with just merging the board files you have. If you don't mind, just > post what you have and then we can decide what to do with them. Ok, will do. Regards Greg -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greg Ungerer -- Principal Engineer EMAIL: gerg at snapgear.com SnapGear Group, McAfee PHONE: +61 7 3435 2888 8 Gardner Close, FAX: +61 7 3891 3630 Milton, QLD, 4064, Australia WEB: http://www.SnapGear.com