From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758667Ab1LOD7F (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:59:05 -0500 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:50465 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755889Ab1LOD7E (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:59:04 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:28:54 +0530 From: Amit Kucheria To: Eric =?utf-8?Q?B=C3=A9nard?= Cc: Sascha Hauer , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Sascha Hauer , Russell King , open list Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/19] eukrea-cpuimx51: remove board Message-ID: <20111215035854.GA24039@avalanche> Mail-Followup-To: Eric =?utf-8?Q?B=C3=A9nard?= , Sascha Hauer , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Sascha Hauer , Russell King , open list References: <1323757911-25217-1-git-send-email-eric@eukrea.com> <1323757911-25217-16-git-send-email-eric@eukrea.com> <20111213100532.GH27267@pengutronix.de> <4EE7253E.2030604@eukrea.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4EE7253E.2030604@eukrea.com> X-URL: http://www.verdurent.com/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 11 Dec 13, Eric Bénard wrote: > Hi Sascha, > > Le 13/12/2011 11:05, Sascha Hauer a écrit : > >On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 07:31:48AM +0100, Eric Bénard wrote: > >>this board is not maintained anymore and is replaced by cpuimx51sd > > > >I'm happy to remove this code, but aren't there any users of this board? > > > not any that would need a kernel upgrade considering the Freescale > proprietary drivers used on it :-( > Thanks, > Eric Just for posterity, could you list the drivers that make an upgrade impossible? IMHO, if these boards were sold commercially we should maintain support if there is a chance that we will get open drivers in the future. OTOH, if you can tell who each of these boards to, it is probably a good target for removal. :) /Amit -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amit Kucheria, Power Management Tech Lead, Linaro || amit.kucheria@canonical.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------