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 E247CC433EF for ; Fri, 1 Jul 2022 10:22:50 +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:From:References:Cc:To: Subject:MIME-Version:Date:Message-ID:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=pAG6PITIE4cG8+acxk6BdzT5AAithHClG9MDYoMXilQ=; b=zDrK4jQW4zEK/a B5AwTX4KWEqvlY+3GF6dAxvW8YY+ACLMBM/2yhNr/zRLitnqcrULfbHB8+hvBiBp6l0R6AYlu0ZK0 7l3mT4zvk00ko6M3JydFGmtf17KR2x5u2pHcrVzEnTuoFxMXB8wvVUsEW29kxC/e/gSGW7UeH2fks 5g5SOYY/75fLOgENPUF6y347nUQ5xdhqn7eLChmVepDufT4BtyLfVsNNRTmYGCgZ2Jn7c2J0cGBtL v8uQ+vZDgFCjgpTHXgGZlkFJ6RND3dTRdLezcHJf8S4848KxZRhKfC8/UEWZpYX6Emzkfu1R2QP8+ Rvk7AomeHfyQlwXICD6A==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1o7DmU-0043aJ-SW; Fri, 01 Jul 2022 10:21:46 +0000 Received: from mail.bugwerft.de ([46.23.86.59]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1o7DmR-0043ZN-UJ for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 01 Jul 2022 10:21:45 +0000 Received: from [10.251.0.6] (unknown [176.126.217.202]) by mail.bugwerft.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 34A63504869; Fri, 1 Jul 2022 10:21:03 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 12:21:02 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.10.0 Subject: Re: Scheduling (unused) board file removal for linux-6.x Content-Language: en-US To: Linus Walleij , Arnd Bergmann , Matija Glavinic Pecotic , Aswath Govindraju Cc: Linux ARM , Russell King , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Alim Akhtar , Krzysztof Halasa , Haojian Zhuang , Robert Jarzmik , Marek Vasut , Lubomir Rintel , Alexander Sverdlin , Hartley Sweeten , linux-omap , Tony Lindgren , Aaro Koskinen , Sekhar Nori , Bartosz Golaszewski , Andrew Lunn , Sebastian Hesselbarth , Gregory CLEMENT , Lennert Buytenhek , Marc Zyngier , Mauri Sandberg References: From: Daniel Mack In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20220701_032144_163279_6DD8DFE4 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 13.11 ) 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 6/30/22 13:32, Linus Walleij wrote: > This looks like something that would be interesting to pick up and maintain > with DT support, if and only if there are devices with enough memory. > > However I doubt there is interest. > > I think the palmtops/PDAs are a bit outdated as enthusiast/hobbyist platforms > with screens because those people will use PostmarketOS with > cheap old tablets and phones these days. It should be totally possible to port the remaining board-file powered PXA boards over to DT. Some drivers will need DT amendments, and some board files apply some rather exotic approaches, but with access to such hardware, they can certainly be made work again. I would be in favor of removing the board files, and help enthusiasts in their efforts to to the switch to DT. In fact I would feel better to bring back support with actual hardware testing than blindly patching things. Thanks, Daniel _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel