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 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 smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A98C1EB64DC for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2023 17:49:22 +0000 (UTC) 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:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=hPmFmgiIQaQ1WtgLD2+GgKrxtdNFWF7/Rmvb5Z7wuss=; b=VSnC8Gg7W2R83Y 8E44iBdeb6MnwMLiyK7yE24R6c/cpnbMlprM+trD4/FcQi7CmEgFtS+XOtgdheT1VmqARh2LLfSEP jlUR6VVhMsC77ctb1Y3S8rdOebc/d/QYJue01nf8ruulZFBZAetoR8EEh0aM/6TG2LGNY9yxveaLL 69HuhgwiChaVfVZd0qVW0qDVn+NimWWHPoy8q5sQcAmUAWZwFpTE98a2p2smKe7erSE11mIFy5Lcu 0w/gXjfBl7ptVfe0G5G8W1U4CpHwv6FAmKAxOmCbgA0jv7Q1jDChUbWSZBKHaQd85lA6IwKI4hRMP LJTHL+eDaq3dcFfI7Dmg==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1qFIEj-004DgZ-22; Fri, 30 Jun 2023 17:48:49 +0000 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.96 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1qFIEg-004Dfn-39; Fri, 30 Jun 2023 17:48:48 +0000 X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6600,9927,10757"; a="352275064" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.01,171,1684825200"; d="scan'208";a="352275064" Received: from fmsmga004.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.48]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 30 Jun 2023 10:48:45 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6600,9927,10757"; a="787792137" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.01,171,1684825200"; d="scan'208";a="787792137" Received: from smile.fi.intel.com ([10.237.72.54]) by fmsmga004.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 Jun 2023 10:48:36 -0700 Received: from andy by smile.fi.intel.com with local (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1qFIET-001AaS-1x; Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:48:33 +0300 Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:48:33 +0300 From: Andy Shevchenko To: Neil Armstrong Cc: Michael Turquette , Stephen Boyd , Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Conor Dooley , Daniel Lezcano , Thomas Gleixner , Miquel Raynal , Richard Weinberger , Vignesh Raghavendra , Giuseppe Cavallaro , Alexandre Torgue , Jose Abreu , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Maxime Coquelin , Linus Walleij , Bartosz Golaszewski , Sebastian Reichel , Marc Zyngier , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-clk@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-oxnas@groups.io, Arnd Bergmann , Daniel Golle , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Sebastian Reichel Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/15] ARM: oxnas support removal Message-ID: References: <20230630-topic-oxnas-upstream-remove-v2-0-fb6ab3dea87c@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20230630-topic-oxnas-upstream-remove-v2-0-fb6ab3dea87c@linaro.org> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20230630_104847_071699_227C6235 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 23.24 ) 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 On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 06:58:25PM +0200, Neil Armstrong wrote: > With [1] removing MPCore SMP support, this makes the OX820 barely usable, > associated with a clear lack of maintainance, development and migration to > dt-schema it's clear that Linux support for OX810 and OX820 should be removed. > > In addition, the OX810 hasn't been booted for years and isn't even present > in an ARM config file. > > For the OX820, lack of USB and SATA support makes the platform not usable > in the current Linux support and relies on off-tree drivers hacked from the > vendor (defunct for years) sources. > > The last users are in the OpenWRT distribution, and today's removal means > support will still be in stable 6.1 LTS kernel until end of 2026. > > If someone wants to take over the development even with lack of SMP, I'll > be happy to hand off maintainance. > > It has been a fun time adding support for this architecture, but it's time > to get over! > > Now arch/arm parts are removed, now it's time to remove the remaining stuff. For all non-DT patches Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko I always like negative statistics of a magnitude order! -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel