From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: msm: Remove MSM7x00 support Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 07:26:09 -0800 Message-ID: <20111202152609.GA6986@huya.qualcomm.com> References: <1322699344-28422-1-git-send-email-davidb@codeaurora.org> <20111201201950.GE9581@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20111201202632.GA25247@huya.qualcomm.com> <201112021417.17082.GNUtoo@no-log.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201112021417.17082.GNUtoo@no-log.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli Cc: David Brown , Russell King - ARM Linux , Daniel Walker , Bryan Huntsman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 02:17:17PM +0100, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote: > >And I've learned what I needed to now: someone does still care about > >the target. > However in a response to the following mail: > [Question] RPC and SMD implementation > David Brown already told that: > >Is there much reason to get the msm72xx support into the kernel in the > >first place? These targets are old, and I don't believe any new > >devices are being made using them > And: > >Things are a lot easier in the newer RPC/SMD versions, > >and I don't see a strong reason to keep the kruft in the kernel > >necessary to support the 72xx chips. > I guess that means that RPC for msm7x00 won't hit mainline. > So without RPC the port to mainline cannot be complete(no modem, no audio, no > GPS,and maybe more depending on the device). There isn't anything stopping someone from working on the port. The Android kernels for the target are still available. But, I think most people working on the MSM code will be focusing on newer devices, especially now that there is an 8660 dev board available. David -- Sent by an employee of the Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum.