[U-Boot] Remove sparc archiecture?

[Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 02:54:57PM +0000, Francois Retief wrote:
> Hallo Daniel,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniel Hellstrom [mailto:daniel at gaisler.com]
> > Sent: 18 October 2015 11:30 PM
> > To: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
> > Subject: Re: [U-Boot] Remove sparc archiecture?
> >
> > On 10/18/2015 05:20 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > > (+CC Francois)
> > >
> > >
> > > 2015-10-18 21:24 GMT+09:00 Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>:
> > >> On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 06:19:16AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>> It looks like sparc has no maintainer and has not been converted to
> > >>> generic board. Should we remove it?
> > >> Well, not quite "no maintainer", but... Daniel?  SPARC is in need of
> > >> some work (and possibly a new toolchain too, I stopped building it all
> > >> the time due to a false positive warning the 3.4.4 toolchain I have
> > >> gives).  Thanks!
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Tom
> > >
> > > I see generic board work for SPARC
> > >
> > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/404616/
> > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/404618/
> > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/404617/
> > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/404619/
> > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/404620/
> > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/404622/
> > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/404621/
> > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/404624/
> > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/404623/
> > >
> > > but, Daniel was not responding...
> > >
> > >
> > > Perhaps, replace the maintainer if Francois agrees?
> >
> > I regret to say that I've been too busy last two years and I don't see a
> > change during 2015 either.
> >
> > I would not like to see the SPARC port removed now that the LEON
> > community grows as new LEON3 and LEON4 chips comes to market. WIth
> > multi-core and higher frequency there is a growing interest in u-boot
> > from the LEON community.
> >
> > Nowadays there are LEON GCC targets mcpu=leon,leon3,leon3v7 so it should
> > be possible to setup a working toolchain based on GCC-4.9 which we use
> > for Linux and RTEMS. In the past I've used a GCC-4.4 toolchain from
> > Cobham Gaisler.
> >
> > If Francois agrees it is probably a good idea to let him take over the
> > SPARC as he has put work into both BSP and architecture. Although I
> > would like to acknowledge my interest in u-boot and I hope and believe
> > that my efforts will be resumed in the future. Francois, if you feel it
> > is too much a temporary replacement could also be an option if the
> > u-boot project allows it.
> 
> Yes, I am willing to take over as maintainer until such time that Daniel is ready
> to resume his effort in future. We are investing in the LEON as archtecture and
> would like to see U-Boot support for SPARC continuing into the future.
> 
> Daniel, I would just like to ask if you could stay on as an advisor, if at all possible.
> I have only access to one LEON3FT board at the moment and may require advice
> on other devices as time goes by.  I will try to keep questions consise and as
> infrequent as possible for you.
> 
> Will rebase my patch set to the latest release this week and resend them for review.
> Masahiro, what version of GCC is prefered (if any) for the next release  of U-Boot.
> I am currently using the GCC-4.4 toolchain from Cobham Gaisler.

Any semi-modern toolchain is fine with me.  Can you point me at the 4.4
toolchain and I'll put sparc back into my build-test cycle?  Thanks!

-- 
Tom
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