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 vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E645C77B6D for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2023 08:51:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230383AbjCaIvf (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Mar 2023 04:51:35 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58986 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231173AbjCaIve (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Mar 2023 04:51:34 -0400 Received: from mail-yw1-x1134.google.com (mail-yw1-x1134.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1134]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA9291A945 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2023 01:51:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-yw1-x1134.google.com with SMTP id 00721157ae682-5419d4c340aso402525597b3.11 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2023 01:51:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; t=1680252691; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=Cd/ibuQb3vn5g/cRqzfQk5lg+1/+bjO2UJjaxJoegBM=; b=LNzF1nUPzml+JIWoLM4lEKblSafQMhII427hBVE2fYE/IMt5PPojSCas5egWKg+KRc ygy0xOK7R4RMFkD7vxSF97RyeOmkq6giu97/zXrN5oKidigfgjHuuAX1t0IMgLo4oZBX edyYaG7ch29g3YuQziHv5Jft/d/9abqbc5SVvOGiFX9RiIq31R+jCgvgX/wevIDuGtDP lVYFMvg52OandlxR7J/XbiWCqOgv9i0qUzdZ50A6ItgiyqRbKtSt7NsOXjKBZco8abZe r8h5pQWUotUJdENoR3OCLdyJleXrOQqAExqWGqNIo/gAEedNYR8Bys3HYgJETvQ50stz vW4w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1680252691; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=Cd/ibuQb3vn5g/cRqzfQk5lg+1/+bjO2UJjaxJoegBM=; b=Pkw3fI0TTzN0ObxAadX2ZVCcvRIAqh+FSWZi7zV1W2likI7jNmFpT1VZzhkPI7o50U u0XyPAjfLGqF63wLJ4IOzstHOzeOf+C8NjFh2vKHxp0gMnv/S3oBI00Aj1QMu09ebNpz yjrCr/eNC/LSpWpLirLakZnPbgpyKdBgGdCczSwELBRui/rCMfzMdI0Go6782WR3RXGo +lP4yhHb2/wdWQvq7ujKRbNwzQ2MLjQXL0sTxp5+yvgfsgLAgTYpHk6+PejfCfuy0iBL b8ucL18KrzbJ3Y7XafF1+Y02Guj3Wd2BjuMaX2G7Q7YcbryCaZ8RqxrnzHcZ8RyYM4ae mu9A== X-Gm-Message-State: AAQBX9f9iiFXMSbKc1xTdNOTi0LQumj9RO4mXlF+EsN/twRfMxtT+DVZ MNc4l15W/VG9EbO9C1O6lQsKwaON2/1JKbrdTUqpXQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AKy350a6johu/GITQvnR+QBZGVCy3Nh12i/zifBxULJFlWKoDA9ufP4RPovIeYwuYMYc7B3Q1GKWJeXUD/WzDxFgGl8= X-Received: by 2002:a81:9993:0:b0:544:bbd2:74be with SMTP id q141-20020a819993000000b00544bbd274bemr5121733ywg.4.1680252691054; Fri, 31 Mar 2023 01:51:31 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20230331-topic-oxnas-upstream-remove-v1-0-5bd58fd1dd1f@linaro.org> In-Reply-To: <20230331-topic-oxnas-upstream-remove-v1-0-5bd58fd1dd1f@linaro.org> From: Linus Walleij Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:51:19 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 00/20] ARM: oxnas support removal To: Neil Armstrong Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Olof Johansson , soc@kernel.org, Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Russell King , Michael Turquette , Stephen Boyd , 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 , Bartosz Golaszewski , Sebastian Reichel , Philipp Zabel , Marc Zyngier , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-clk@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 10:34=E2=80=AFAM 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 t= o > dt-schema it's clear that Linux support for OX810 and OX820 should be rem= oved. > > In addition, the OX810 hasn't been booted for years and isn't even presen= t > 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 t= he > 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. > > The plan is to apply the first 4 patches first, then the drivers > followed by bindings. Finally the MAINTAINANCE entry can be removed. > > I'm not sure about the process of bindings removal, but perhaps the bindi= ngs > should be marked as deprecated first then removed later on ? > > It has been a fun time adding support for this architecture, but it's tim= e > to get over! > > Patch 2 obviously depends on [1]. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230327121317.4081816-1-arnd@kernel.org/ > > Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong Acked-by: Linus Walleij Yours, Linus Walleij