From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AF6AC433EF for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2021 19:34:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 034DF61101 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2021 19:34:46 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org 034DF61101 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=sntech.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=lists.infradead.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=yBogBEKurLYwyLL53pojScpSoJOa2PsL6ohSebcgV+8=; b=vm8nc/0B11FktZ srxjpGMaJIu84EiRj6g8rPmXq0haRY0T3GIkjJIzM5rcQHCDXsaseLXF6YS6B5nSuo8r6101ULSpR wvJo68phkigJqoCVmCxnBv29JGDz0Batr+OcaRvZwrpdenMG7+xqFOkP8p9ydp95JTgJ3x9mTUvHZ rjgQuK+de4faxgjUwXQyPk+9Fh+nFz29b4vbpkvLiLDgIlabgfVCn75gTBKW3AWBiO6fXNtHuA/Bj HjE8Pk7YKqo7pm77aXansq//8JdyqUme+gOuJm9oJs5G0ARubrEqARwSH5Z9+egtYVIndkgor6zO0 oaHRTgRdPx33A5M89ogg==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1mjRRG-00DdvJ-W9; Sat, 06 Nov 2021 19:33:19 +0000 Received: from gloria.sntech.de ([185.11.138.130]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1mjRRC-00Ddug-NJ for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Sat, 06 Nov 2021 19:33:16 +0000 Received: from ip5f5a6e92.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de ([95.90.110.146] helo=diego.localnet) by gloria.sntech.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mjRR5-0000Nv-9C; Sat, 06 Nov 2021 20:33:07 +0100 From: Heiko =?ISO-8859-1?Q?St=FCbner?= To: Cedric Roux , Russell King , Arnd Bergmann , Linus Walleij , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org, Olof Johansson , Kukjin Kim , Krzysztof Kozlowski Cc: Marek Szyprowski , Sylwester Nawrocki , Tomasz Figa , Chanwoo Choi , Inki Dae , Sam Van Den Berge , Lihua Yao Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] ARM: s3c: mark as deprecated and schedule removal after 2022 Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2021 20:33:06 +0100 Message-ID: <4062510.I3n91tvSNF@diego> In-Reply-To: <08c8f447-dcae-83b4-e5b3-a13704a5b158@canonical.com> References: <20211102110519.142434-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com> <08c8f447-dcae-83b4-e5b3-a13704a5b158@canonical.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20211106_123314_822233_2EE7C72B X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 32.74 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org Am Samstag, 6. November 2021, 19:20:05 CET schrieb Krzysztof Kozlowski: > On 05/11/2021 18:49, Cedric Roux wrote: > > On 11/2/21 12:05 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > >> If there are any users, they might respond and postpone the removal. > > > > Hi Krzysztof, > > > > I use a mini2440 (which is s3c2440) as an http server at home. > > I don't have much time but I can do some testing from time to > > time, but my setup is very custom so I don't know how helpful > > that would be for the community (if there is one). > > We just need to know whether the kernel behaves properly on the > hardware. The setup itself should not matter, but what matters more is > that you do not run a new kernel at all. There is a lot of untested code > there. > > > > > I would be sad to see official support disappear, but I know > > how hard it is to maintain stuff, and I think I can keep going > > with the current kernel I use (which is not even 5.xx I think), > > so that would not be a big damage for me. And if I have special > > needs in the future (very doubtful) I guess I could hack something > > on my own. > > > > Anyway, there is at least one s3c2440 server on Earth powered > > by the linux kernel. Now you know! :) > > Thanks for coming back! We will see how much of feedback we gather. I do believe all (or at least most) of s3c24xx could run with a devicetree base with core peripherals enabled. So one possible alternative way could be to just deprecate (and then drop) all the board-files + their platform-data parts in mach-s3c. Heiko _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel