[U-Boot] [PATCH] CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC: document feature removal

[U-Boot] [PATCH] CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC: document feature removal

[Wolfgang Denk]

Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
---
 doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt |   29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 5fe21e8..3879cb4 100644
--- a/doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,38 @@
 The following is a list of files and features that are going to be
 removed from the U-Boot source tree.  Every entry should contain what
 exactly is going away, when it will be gone, why it is being removed,
-and who is going to be doing the work.  When the feature is removed
+and who is going to be doing the work.	When the feature is removed
 from U-Boot, its corresponding entry should also be removed from this
 file.
 
 ---------------------------
+What:	CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC option
+When:	After Release 2010.03
+
+Why:	The implementation of U-Boot for the ARM architecture has
+	been reworked to support relocation. This allows to
+	efficiently use the same U-Bot binary image on systems with
+	different RAM sizes, and brings the implementation much more
+	in line with the code used for example on Power Architecture
+	systems (eventually allowing to merge into common code). This
+	seems especailly interesting now that ARM is getting Device
+	Tree support as well.
+
+	All ARM boards need to be adapted to this new code, which
+	requires testing on the actual hardware, so this is a task
+	for the respective board maintainers or other users.
+
+	Please see the commit message of commit f1d2b31 for details:
+
+	http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=commit;h=f1d2b31
+
+	Support for CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC will be removed
+	after release v2010.03; all boards that have not been
+	converted by then, i. e. that are still broken then, are
+	considered unmaintained and without interest for the
+	community and will be removed as well.
+
+---------------------------
 
 What:	CONFIG_NET_MULTI option
 When:	Release 2009-11
-- 
1.7.2.3

[U-Boot] [PATCH] CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC: document feature removal

[Rogan Dawes]

On 2010/09/29 11:29 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> +Why:	The implementation of U-Boot for the ARM architecture has
> +	been reworked to support relocation. This allows to
> +	efficiently use the same U-Bot binary image on systems with

U-Bot?

Rogan

[U-Boot] [PATCH] CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC: document feature removal

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <1285752572-2107-1-git-send-email-wd@denx.de> I wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
...
>  ---------------------------
> +What:	CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC option
> +When:	After Release 2010.03

That should be "After Release 2011.03", of course.

[Will fix when I apply, assuming nobody protests...]

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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[U-Boot] [PATCH] CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC: document feature removal

[Wolfgang Wegner]

Hi,

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:29:32AM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
[...]
>  ---------------------------
> +What:	CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC option
> +When:	After Release 2010.03

should this be 2011.03, or did I misunderstand anything?

> +
> +Why:	The implementation of U-Boot for the ARM architecture has
> +	been reworked to support relocation. This allows to
> +	efficiently use the same U-Bot binary image on systems with
> +	different RAM sizes, and brings the implementation much more
> +	in line with the code used for example on Power Architecture
> +	systems (eventually allowing to merge into common code). This
> +	seems especailly interesting now that ARM is getting Device
> +	Tree support as well.
> +
> +	All ARM boards need to be adapted to this new code, which
> +	requires testing on the actual hardware, so this is a task
> +	for the respective board maintainers or other users.
> +
> +	Please see the commit message of commit f1d2b31 for details:
> +
> +	http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=commit;h=f1d2b31
> +
> +	Support for CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC will be removed
> +	after release v2010.03; all boards that have not been

here, too, and also in your 2010.09 release note

Regards,
Wolfgang

[U-Boot] [PATCH] CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC: document feature removal

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Rogan Dawes,

In message <4CA308AE.9060909@dawes.za.net> you wrote:
> On 2010/09/29 11:29 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> > +Why:	The implementation of U-Boot for the ARM architecture has
> > +	been reworked to support relocation. This allows to
> > +	efficiently use the same U-Bot binary image on systems with
> 
> U-Bot?

:-)

Will fix that, too.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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[U-Boot] [PATCH] CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC: document feature removal

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Wolfgang Wegner,

In message <20100929093901.GA26120@leila.ping.de> you wrote:
> 
> > +What:	CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC option
> > +When:	After Release 2010.03
> 
> should this be 2011.03, or did I misunderstand anything?

Yes, no.

> > +	Support for CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC will be removed
> > +	after release v2010.03; all boards that have not been
> 
> here, too, and also in your 2010.09 release note

Yes, you are right.

But at least I used this wrong date consistently :-)

Will fix it globally.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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[U-Boot] [PATCH] CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC: document feature removal

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <1285752572-2107-1-git-send-email-wd@denx.de> you wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
> ---
>  doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt |   29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Applied (with fixes as discussed here).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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