From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] [RFC] ARM: remove Intel iop33x and iop13xx support Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 19:36:58 +0100 Message-ID: <20190809183658.GA13294@shell.armlinux.org.uk> References: <20190809162956.488941-1-arnd@arndb.de> <20190809163334.489360-1-arnd@arndb.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Dan Williams Cc: Arnd Bergmann , soc@kernel.org, Vinod Koul , Linus Walleij , Bartosz Golaszewski , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , dmaengine@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, Martin Michlmayr List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 09, 2019 at 11:34:12AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote: > [ add Martin (if cyrius.com address is still valid) ] > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 9:35 AM Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > > There are three families of IOP machines we support in Linux: iop32x > > (which includes EP80219), iop33x and iop13xx (aka IOP34x aka WP8134x). > > > > All products we support in the kernel are based on the first of these, > > iop32x, the other families only ever supported the Intel reference > > boards but no actual machine anyone could ever buy. > > > > While one could clearly make them all three work in a single kernel > > with some work, this takes the easy way out, removing the later two > > platforms entirely, under the assumption that there are no remaining > > users. > > > > Earlier versions of OpenWRT and Debian both had support for iop32x > > but not the others, and they both dropped iop32x as well in their 2015 > > releases. > > > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann > > --- > > I'm just guessing that iop32x is still needed, and the other two are > > not. If anyone disagrees with that assessment, let me know so we > > can come up with an alternative approach. > > I'm not sure who would scream if iop32x support went away as well, but > I have not followed this space in years hence copying Martin. > > In any event: > > Acked-by: Dan Williams Those of us who have and still run Thecus N2100's, for example? -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line in suburbia: sync at 12.1Mbps down 622kbps up According to speedtest.net: 11.9Mbps down 500kbps up