From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com (Alexandre Belloni) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 15:34:10 +0200 Subject: Atmel AT91 support in mainstream kernel 4.4 In-Reply-To: <20180821123047.GB3159@1wt.eu> References: <20180821123047.GB3159@1wt.eu> Message-ID: <20180829133410.GE16561@piout.net> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Hi, On 21/08/2018 14:30:47+0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 02:10:14PM +0200, Fernando AE wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I'd like to know if AT91 boards (more specifically AT91SAM9G20) is > > well supported in mainstream Kernel 4.4. > > > > In more details, I'm working in a project of bringing up Linux 4.4 in > > a iMX6 based board, while trying to keep the same sources for our > > legacy AT91 based board. So, I'm wondering if it's a good idea to take > > Freescale's repo based on 4.4 as reference and compiling both for iMX > > and AT91. > > FWIW I remember having been running an AT91 board (linuxstamp 2) on > 2.6.35 with a single patch by then, the one needed to create the board. > Everything else used to work out of the box. I don't see why anything > would have regressed since then without anyone complaining loud, so I'd > be inclined to think it's well supported. > I confirm we don't have any out of tree patch for the at91sam9g20 so you will get the best support there is using a mainline kernel. -- Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com