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From: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: Remove 68328 driver
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 21:10:07 +1000
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On 04/01/16 20:30, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Jan 2016 15:03:50 +1000
> Greg Ungerer <gregungerer@westnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>> If 68328serial.c is removed is there any point keeping the
>> architecture support for 68328 platforms?
>>
>> The 68328serial.c provides pretty much the only type of console
>> that can be used on these devices. They are largely useless
>> without this
>
> Probably we should - unless someone wants to stand up and say "actually
> I'm using this with current kernels, need it, and I'll maintain it"
>
> Somehow I doubt anyone is.

Yep, I suspect you are right.
I can't even remember the last time a patch or improvement
for 68328 came past me. Same goes for 68360 cpu/platform
as well.

Regards
Greg