[U-Boot] Remove sh2, sh3, sh4 architecture?

[U-Boot] Remove sh2, sh3, sh4 architecture?

[Simon Glass]

Hi,

It looks like these have no maintainer and have not been converted to
generic board. Should we remove the 'sh' architecture?

Regards,
Simon

[U-Boot] Remove sh2, sh3, sh4 architecture?

[Masahiro Yamada]

2015-10-18 21:19 GMT+09:00 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>:
> Hi,
>
> It looks like these have no maintainer and have not been converted to
> generic board. Should we remove the 'sh' architecture?
>
> Regards,
> Simon


The maintainer, Nobuhiro, was at the U-Boot mini summit,
but, indeed, no work for SH these days.

Since he left Renesas and went back to Hitachi,
he is now a complete volunteer, I guess.

If the maintainer responsibility is painful for him,
he can take a step back, but I hope he can continue contribution...
Nobuhiro?



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

[U-Boot] Remove sh2, sh3, sh4 architecture?

[Tom Rini]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:30:43AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> 2015-10-18 21:19 GMT+09:00 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > It looks like these have no maintainer and have not been converted to
> > generic board. Should we remove the 'sh' architecture?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Simon
> 
> 
> The maintainer, Nobuhiro, was at the U-Boot mini summit,
> but, indeed, no work for SH these days.
> 
> Since he left Renesas and went back to Hitachi,
> he is now a complete volunteer, I guess.
> 
> If the maintainer responsibility is painful for him,
> he can take a step back, but I hope he can continue contribution...
> Nobuhiro?

I'd hate to see SH2 leave since it's becoming the J-Core architecture..
Perhaps someone in the community would like to help out too?

-- 
Tom
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[U-Boot] Remove sh2, sh3, sh4 architecture?

[Masahiro Yamada]

2015-10-19 0:54 GMT+09:00 Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>:
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:30:43AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>> 2015-10-18 21:19 GMT+09:00 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > It looks like these have no maintainer and have not been converted to
>> > generic board. Should we remove the 'sh' architecture?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Simon
>>
>>
>> The maintainer, Nobuhiro, was at the U-Boot mini summit,
>> but, indeed, no work for SH these days.
>>
>> Since he left Renesas and went back to Hitachi,
>> he is now a complete volunteer, I guess.
>>
>> If the maintainer responsibility is painful for him,
>> he can take a step back, but I hope he can continue contribution...
>> Nobuhiro?
>
> I'd hate to see SH2 leave since it's becoming the J-Core architecture..
> Perhaps someone in the community would like to help out too?

Agree.  Jeff talked about that at Dublin.



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

[U-Boot] Remove sh2, sh3, sh4 architecture?

[Simon Glass]

Hi,

On 18 October 2015 at 10:19, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
> 2015-10-19 0:54 GMT+09:00 Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>:
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:30:43AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>>> 2015-10-18 21:19 GMT+09:00 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > It looks like these have no maintainer and have not been converted to
>>> > generic board. Should we remove the 'sh' architecture?
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Simon
>>>
>>>
>>> The maintainer, Nobuhiro, was at the U-Boot mini summit,
>>> but, indeed, no work for SH these days.
>>>
>>> Since he left Renesas and went back to Hitachi,
>>> he is now a complete volunteer, I guess.
>>>
>>> If the maintainer responsibility is painful for him,
>>> he can take a step back, but I hope he can continue contribution...
>>> Nobuhiro?
>>
>> I'd hate to see SH2 leave since it's becoming the J-Core architecture..
>> Perhaps someone in the community would like to help out too?
>
> Agree.  Jeff talked about that at Dublin.
>

I haven't seen any activity. Does anyone have an update?

Regards,
Simon

[U-Boot] Remove sh2, sh3, sh4 architecture?

[Yoshinori Sato]

On Sun, 15 May 2016 08:19:39 +0900,
Simon Glass wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 18 October 2015 at 10:19, Masahiro Yamada
> <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
> > 2015-10-19 0:54 GMT+09:00 Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>:
> >> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:30:43AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> >>> 2015-10-18 21:19 GMT+09:00 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>:
> >>> > Hi,
> >>> >
> >>> > It looks like these have no maintainer and have not been converted to
> >>> > generic board. Should we remove the 'sh' architecture?
> >>> >
> >>> > Regards,
> >>> > Simon
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The maintainer, Nobuhiro, was at the U-Boot mini summit,
> >>> but, indeed, no work for SH these days.
> >>>
> >>> Since he left Renesas and went back to Hitachi,
> >>> he is now a complete volunteer, I guess.
> >>>
> >>> If the maintainer responsibility is painful for him,
> >>> he can take a step back, but I hope he can continue contribution...
> >>> Nobuhiro?
> >>
> >> I'd hate to see SH2 leave since it's becoming the J-Core architecture..
> >> Perhaps someone in the community would like to help out too?
> >
> > Agree.  Jeff talked about that at Dublin.
> >
> 
> I haven't seen any activity. Does anyone have an update?
> 

I have converted code, but it can't be tested by a exsitance target.

> Regards,
> Simon
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Yoshinori Sato
<ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>

[U-Boot] Remove sh2, sh3, sh4 architecture?

[Simon Glass]

Hi,

On 16 May 2016 at 00:18, Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp> wrote:
> On Sun, 15 May 2016 08:19:39 +0900,
> Simon Glass wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 18 October 2015 at 10:19, Masahiro Yamada
>> <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
>> > 2015-10-19 0:54 GMT+09:00 Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>:
>> >> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:30:43AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>> >>> 2015-10-18 21:19 GMT+09:00 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>:
>> >>> > Hi,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > It looks like these have no maintainer and have not been converted to
>> >>> > generic board. Should we remove the 'sh' architecture?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Regards,
>> >>> > Simon
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> The maintainer, Nobuhiro, was at the U-Boot mini summit,
>> >>> but, indeed, no work for SH these days.
>> >>>
>> >>> Since he left Renesas and went back to Hitachi,
>> >>> he is now a complete volunteer, I guess.
>> >>>
>> >>> If the maintainer responsibility is painful for him,
>> >>> he can take a step back, but I hope he can continue contribution...
>> >>> Nobuhiro?
>> >>
>> >> I'd hate to see SH2 leave since it's becoming the J-Core architecture..
>> >> Perhaps someone in the community would like to help out too?
>> >
>> > Agree.  Jeff talked about that at Dublin.
>> >
>>
>> I haven't seen any activity. Does anyone have an update?
>>
>
> I have converted code, but it can't be tested by a exsitance target.
>

Are you planning to send patches? We could still take them given that
the alternative is removal. Is there an emulator/qemu?

Regards,
Simon

[U-Boot] Remove sh2, sh3, sh4 architecture?

[Yoshinori Sato]

On Mon, 16 May 2016 22:16:35 +0900,
Simon Glass wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 16 May 2016 at 00:18, Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp> wrote:
> > On Sun, 15 May 2016 08:19:39 +0900,
> > Simon Glass wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On 18 October 2015 at 10:19, Masahiro Yamada
> >> <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
> >> > 2015-10-19 0:54 GMT+09:00 Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>:
> >> >> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:30:43AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> >> >>> 2015-10-18 21:19 GMT+09:00 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>:
> >> >>> > Hi,
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > It looks like these have no maintainer and have not been converted to
> >> >>> > generic board. Should we remove the 'sh' architecture?
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Regards,
> >> >>> > Simon
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> The maintainer, Nobuhiro, was at the U-Boot mini summit,
> >> >>> but, indeed, no work for SH these days.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Since he left Renesas and went back to Hitachi,
> >> >>> he is now a complete volunteer, I guess.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If the maintainer responsibility is painful for him,
> >> >>> he can take a step back, but I hope he can continue contribution...
> >> >>> Nobuhiro?
> >> >>
> >> >> I'd hate to see SH2 leave since it's becoming the J-Core architecture..
> >> >> Perhaps someone in the community would like to help out too?
> >> >
> >> > Agree.  Jeff talked about that at Dublin.
> >> >
> >>
> >> I haven't seen any activity. Does anyone have an update?
> >>
> >
> > I have converted code, but it can't be tested by a exsitance target.
> >
> 
> Are you planning to send patches? We could still take them given that
> the alternative is removal. Is there an emulator/qemu?

OK. I will convert to qemu target (r2dplus).
Please wait few days.

Thanks.

> Regards,
> Simon

-- 
Yoshinori Sato
<ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>

[U-Boot] Remove sh2, sh3, sh4 architecture?

[Kieran Bingham]

On 15 May 2016 at 00:19, Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 18 October 2015 at 10:19, Masahiro Yamada
> <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
>> 2015-10-19 0:54 GMT+09:00 Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>:
>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:30:43AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>>>> 2015-10-18 21:19 GMT+09:00 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>:
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >
>>>> > It looks like these have no maintainer and have not been converted to
>>>> > generic board. Should we remove the 'sh' architecture?
>>>> >
>>>> > Regards,
>>>> > Simon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The maintainer, Nobuhiro, was at the U-Boot mini summit,
>>>> but, indeed, no work for SH these days.
>>>>
>>>> Since he left Renesas and went back to Hitachi,
>>>> he is now a complete volunteer, I guess.
>>>>
>>>> If the maintainer responsibility is painful for him,
>>>> he can take a step back, but I hope he can continue contribution...
>>>> Nobuhiro?
>>>
>>> I'd hate to see SH2 leave since it's becoming the J-Core architecture..
>>> Perhaps someone in the community would like to help out too?
>>
>> Agree.  Jeff talked about that at Dublin.
>>
>
> I haven't seen any activity. Does anyone have an update?

Hi Simon,

Yes - there is definitely activity. Jeff and Rob presented again at
ELC, San Diego, and gave out dev-boards (I have one) - and they are
starting a kick-starter project to get a RasperryPi form factor board
out with an FPGA to run the cores / development.

There is a working kernel and toolchain. I'd certainly hope U-Boot
support could be used in the future too.

http://j-core.org/roadmap.html is probably the most up-to-date plan
there is currently.

The current dev-board (a Numato FPGA) doesn't have USB or Ethernet,
but does have an SD Card, Perhaps uboot doesn't give much added value
there currently- but when the Kickstarter board comes out (there are
10 prototypes in existence already) that will have both USB and Eth -
so U-Boot will have much more appeal!

--
Regards

KIeran


>
> Regards,
> Simon
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