From: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Nikita Shubin <nikita.shubin@maquefel.me>,
Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@gmail.com>,
Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/13] ARM: ep93xx: mark most board files as unused
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:04:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220722130453.45714e00@wsk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a2Vdpu5pouPJDZ1EFV0R1MM=BCL52eOXi5dZt9bifm7cg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Arnd,
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 10:04 AM Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de>
> wrote:
> > > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > >
> > > Most of the remaining ARM board files in the kernel have no known
> > > users, and we plan to remove those in early 2023.
> > >
> > > For ep93xx, Alexander Sverdlin still has access to the edb93xx
> > > family of reference boards, while Nikita Shubin has a ts7250 and
> > > is working on a device tree conversion for those.
> >
> > I do know about one actively used TS7250 based board. It is going
> > to be still used for some time. However, I don't have the HW with
> > me, but may be available when the BSP will be refurbished.
>
> Ok, thanks for the information. It sounds like an increasing argument
> for doing a DT conversion after all. How often does the BSP get a new
> kernel?
Last time it was from 2.6.2X to 4.14 LTS ...
> I think Nikita's DT conversion for ts7250 (see [1]) shouldn't
> be too hard to port from 5.11 to 5.20+, as most of the patches just
> introduce driver support. The multiplatform conversion in 5.19
> hopefully made things a bit easier but likely also requires a few
> extra changes.
I could easily get updated the customer's board to the DT if at least
one ep93xx is in tree (as it is based on TS7250).
However, I cannot predict when the new BSP (with new Kernel) will be
required ....
>
> Arnd
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20220704120749.7a742c2c@redslave.neermore.group/
Best regards,
Lukasz Majewski
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Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-21 14:17 [PATCH 00/13] ARM: mark most boards as unused Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-21 14:17 ` [PATCH 01/13] ARM: add ATAGS dependencies to non-DT platforms Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-21 14:17 ` [PATCH 02/13] ARM: add CONFIG_UNUSED_BOARD_FILES Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-21 14:17 ` [PATCH 03/13] ARM: pxa: add Kconfig dependencies for ATAGS based boards Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-21 14:28 ` Marc Zyngier
2022-07-21 14:17 ` [PATCH 04/13] ARM: orion: add ATAGS dependencies Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-21 14:17 ` [PATCH 05/13] ARM: davinci: mark all ATAGS board files as unused Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-28 11:54 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2022-07-21 14:17 ` [PATCH 06/13] ARM: ep93xx: mark most " Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-21 14:30 ` Alexander Sverdlin
2022-07-21 15:51 ` Hartley Sweeten
2022-07-21 16:01 ` Alexander Sverdlin
2022-07-21 16:09 ` Hartley Sweeten
2022-07-21 19:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-22 8:04 ` Lukasz Majewski
2022-07-22 9:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-22 11:04 ` Lukasz Majewski [this message]
2022-07-22 12:16 ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-25 8:08 ` Nikita Shubin
2022-07-25 8:16 ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-21 14:17 ` [PATCH 07/13] ARM: mmp: mark all board files for removal Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-21 14:17 ` [PATCH 08/13] ARM: footbridge: mark cats board " Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-21 14:17 ` [PATCH 09/13] ARM: sa1100: mark most boards as unused Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-22 11:29 ` Linus Walleij
2022-07-21 14:17 ` [PATCH 10/13] ARM: omap1: add Kconfig dependencies for unused boards Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-21 15:03 ` Aaro Koskinen
2022-07-21 14:17 ` [PATCH 11/13] ARM: s3c: mark most board files as unused Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-26 9:38 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2022-07-21 14:17 ` [PATCH 12/13] ARM: iop32x: mark " Arnd Bergmann
2022-07-21 23:59 ` Dan Williams
2022-07-21 14:17 ` [PATCH 13/13] ARM: cns3xxx: add CONFIG_UNUSED_BOARD_FILES dependency Arnd Bergmann
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