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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74061C4332B for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:39:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 495D022AAF for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:39:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2389828AbhAKRje convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:39:34 -0500 Received: from unicorn.mansr.com ([81.2.72.234]:56990 "EHLO unicorn.mansr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1732874AbhAKRje (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:39:34 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 588 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:39:33 EST Received: from raven.mansr.com (raven.mansr.com [IPv6:2001:8b0:ca0d:8d8e::3]) by unicorn.mansr.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8EB7F15360; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:29:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: by raven.mansr.com (Postfix, from userid 51770) id 7DAFD21A6C7; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:29:01 +0000 (GMT) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= To: Marc Gonzalez Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Linux ARM , LKML Subject: Re: Old platforms: bring out your dead References: <034ff035-9c58-336d-c8f5-80bf40ad2fc1@free.fr> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:29:01 +0000 In-Reply-To: <034ff035-9c58-336d-c8f5-80bf40ad2fc1@free.fr> (Marc Gonzalez's message of "Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:13:27 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Marc Gonzalez writes: > [ Dropping maintainers of other platforms ] > > On 08/01/2021 23:55, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > >> After v5.10 was officially declared an LTS kernel, I had a look around >> the Arm platforms that look like they have not seen any patches from >> their maintainers or users that are actually running the hardware for >> at least five years (2015 or earlier). I made some statistics and lists >> for my lwn.net article last year [1], so I'd thought I'd share a summary >> here for discussion about what we should remove. As I found three >> years ago when I removed several CPU architectures, it makes sense >> to do this in bulk, to simplify a scripted search for device drivers, header >> files and Kconfig options that become unused in the process. >> >> This is probably a mix of platforms that are completely unused and >> those that just work, but I have no good way of knowing which one >> it is. Without hearing back about these, I'd propose removing all of >> these: >> >> * asm9260 -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 >> * axxia -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 >> * bcm/kona -- added in 2013, no notable changes after 2014 >> * digicolor -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 >> * dove -- added in 2009, obsoleted by mach-mvebu in 2015 >> * efm32 -- added in 2011, first Cortex-M, no notable changes after 2013 >> * nspire -- added in 2013, no notable changes after 2015 >> * picoxcell -- added in 2011, already queued for removal >> * prima2 -- added in 20111, no notable changes since 2015 >> * spear -- added in 2010, no notable changes since 2015 >> * tango -- added in 2015, sporadic changes until 2017, but abandoned >> * u300 -- added in 2009, no notable changes since 2013 >> * vt8500 -- added in 2010, no notable changes since 2014 >> * zx --added in 2015 for both 32, 2017 for 64 bit, no notable changes >> >> If any of the above are not dead yet[2], please let me know, >> and we'll keep them. >> > > I didn't see Mans in the CC list. Not sure he's seen this message. > > As far as tango is concerned, I didn't keep any boards. > > Mans might have some tango3 and tango4 boards. > > Waiting for his take on the matter. > > I can point out some device-specific drivers that would become > useless if tango support were dropped. I have tango3 and tango4 boards. Can't say I'm using them for anything, though. With the entire platform dead at the vendor level, removal seems like a reasonable choice. -- Måns Rullgård