Re: Exynos 5410 support (was [PATCH 6/6] ARM: dts: exynos5420: add sysmmu nodes)

[Ben Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>]

On 06/01/2015 03:12 PM, Ben Gamari wrote:
> On 06/01/2015 06:10 AM, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
>> This patch adds System MMU nodes to all defined devices that are specific
>> to Exynos5420/5800/5422 series.
>
> Apologies in advance if Thunderbird mangles this message; my usual mail
> configuration has suffered an unfortunate run-in with a mug of tea.
>
> As someone who has devoted a few weekends trying to make the mainline
> kernel usable on an Odroid XU2, I can't help but notice that nearly
> every patchset that has hit this list recently excludes the Exynos 541x
> devices, including series which appear to go out of their way to support
> older devices. I would attribute this to the lack of publicly accessible
> documentation, but many of these patches are coming from Samsung
> employees.  Worse, the few patches that have been submitted for the 5410
> have languished in queue-purgatory. What is going on with support for
> this silicon?
>
> These devices really aren't that old but if Samsung insists that they
> aren't worth putting engineering time towards then perhaps they could at
> least release documentation? The Hardkernel folks are on the record[2]
> as saying there was a document under review. Perhaps this document could
> be quickly trimmed into a disclosable state? Even a quick-and-dirty
> documentation release would help my efforts substantially.
>
Could someone from Samsung please provide some sort of feedback here? It 
would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

- Ben