[GIT PULL] Renesas ARM Based SoC sh7372 SoC Removal Updates for v4.1

Arnd Bergmann
2015-03-04T21:56:46Z

On Wednesday 04 March 2015 21:31:52 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thursday 26 February 2015 15:22:11 Simon Horman wrote:
> > Renesas ARM Based SoC sh7372 SoC Removal Updates for v4.1
> >
> > * Remove the sh7372 SoC and its mackerel board
> >
>
> Pulled into next/cleanup.
>
> I found the text a little short to justify a removal, but since I know
> the story, I've extended the narrative a bit, I hope this text is
> ok with you:
>
> [arnd: The sh7372 platform is rather dated and is believed to
> have no active users. It stands in the way of converting all
> of mach-shmobile to be multiplatform capable, as adding
> pinctrl and clock support for it would be more work than it's
> worth. As always, should any legitimate upstream users show up
> in the future, we will revert this removal]
>
> It would be nice to have more text in the tag description for cases that
> are not obvious to the reader, like this one.

Upon further consideration, I've put this into next/multiplatform
instead of next/cleanup.

Arnd