From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: lukma@denx.de (Lukasz Majewski) Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:52:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH v5 0/4] ARM: ep93xx: ts72xx: Add support for BK3 board In-Reply-To: <1513153607.2439.2.camel@Nokia-N900> References: <20171116232239.16823-1-lukma@denx.de> <20171211233625.5689-1-lukma@denx.de> <1513153607.2439.2.camel@Nokia-N900> Message-ID: <20171213095257.5cf424fb@jawa> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Hi Alexander, Linus > Hello Linus! > > On Wed Dec 13 08:34:22 2017 Linus Walleij > wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 12:36 AM, Lukasz Majewski > > wrote: Out of curiosity: Liebherr is obviously doing heavy-duty > > industrial control systems. Likewise Hartley is doing similar > > business over at Vision Engravings. > > > > Is the situation such that there is a whole bunch of industrial > > systems out there, in active use and needing future upgrades, > > that use the EP93xx? > > That's definitely the case. I'm as well aware of several thousands of > industrial devices which are expected to run 24/7 for the next 5 > years at least. And they are updated from time to time. I can agree with this statement. > > > Arnd has been nudging me to do DT conversion for EP93xx > > so if there are many active industrial users of these > > I should prioritize it, because these things have 20+ years > > support cycles. > > I'm not sure how important or necessary at all is to change anything > in these legacy platforms. +1 > > > We also need to think about upholding support in GCC for > > ARMv4(t) for the foreseeable future if there is a big web of > > random deeply embedded systems out there that will need > > updates. > > But we should definitely preserve at least what we have. I'm using OE to build toolchain (SDK). I can confirm that gcc 7.2 works with it. And yes, armv4 support shall be preserved in GCC .... > > -- > Alexander. > Best regards, Lukasz Majewski -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 488 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: