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=-6.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS 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 E8D45C433DB for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:01:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFA40229CA for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:01:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1732002AbhAKPB4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:01:56 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:49610 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730264AbhAKPBz (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:01:55 -0500 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4D0E722795 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:01:14 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1610377274; bh=eKy50e4DY4SL9/AcF52lTzbb2W9yqyrDJvJZDmzYAls=; h=References:In-Reply-To:From:Date:Subject:To:Cc:From; b=GyEoQrJMV8yVDQ0DHdjDPzpz3/ewOYhXJvb+1yMjTYgllWy3sWRrFpIPuNpr0lISD IBR7QCsmzOE1NBiCHCkOv32ANRzIWRzU5MQCvy8CAt4LTvNH+/Vp5iSz6vRWpWurLp 5MIc0Uf7I2qAbwXXQwAfW6aQH3BH+UycqmjJ48NOrioR5/7H+k6rnlYuM+QUiFD7bu bk7/+VSYotWLOaqeHwsjMa70nW+6vrWXrDmB4ipQDBeDZlH0ZoHa3UWptxNRxAM/F8 ut3yC6SEphFSaHt5HsKJyIMbDi04adbmoMOOPS8rCd8avlwcxaRlntrZo0pU6ecKdM BjQIoAdODnQrQ== Received: by mail-ot1-f46.google.com with SMTP id w3so17084953otp.13 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 07:01:14 -0800 (PST) X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531aSpQoyp9fN0FPEJj9KMCWaB0WeuuC2IAmkg7p7z82E/KGxcrT nCgF7A/rnE2OS1isBnhijy8lepM+5n9vC2iStwQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw8HZVruPoahj4S7PvQGqsa+IY423HuaTrj9hH8ma5vxU2COhZP9sOB7P3/mz8uywP7nQ5+83UFCZ4dQXAGnAI= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:2413:: with SMTP id j19mr11703458ots.251.1610377272945; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 07:01:12 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <41dc7795afda9f776d8cd0d3075f776cf586e97c.camel@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <41dc7795afda9f776d8cd0d3075f776cf586e97c.camel@redhat.com> From: Arnd Bergmann Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 16:00:55 +0100 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: Old platforms: bring out your dead To: Mark Salter Cc: Linux ARM , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Krzysztof Adamski , Oleksij Rempel , Baruch Siach , Russell King - ARM Linux , Daniel Tang , =?UTF-8?Q?Uwe_Kleine=2DK=C3=B6nig?= , Jamie Iles , Barry Song , Viresh Kumar , Linus Walleij , Jonas Jensen , Marc Gonzalez , Hartley Sweeten , Lubomir Rintel , Neil Armstrong , Shawn Guo , Alex Elder , Alexander Shiyan , Koen Vandeputte , Hans Ulli Kroll , Vladimir Zapolskiy , Wei Xu , Steven Rostedt , Yoshinori Sato , Michael Ellerman , Geert Uytterhoeven , Thomas Bogendoerfer Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 3:22 PM Mark Salter wrote: > > On Fri, 2021-01-08 at 23:55 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > * c6x: Added in 2011, this has seen very few updates since, but > > Mark still Acks patches when they come. Like most other DSP platforms, > > the model of running Linux on a DSP appears to have been obsoleted > > by using Linux on ARM with on-chip DSP cores running bare-metal code. > > Hi Arnd, > > So this has been on my mind for a while now. I no longer have working hw > for c6x and TI hasn't been forthcoming with replacements. I'm totally fine > with removing it from mainline. In any case, I'm not really in a position > to go forward as maintainer. Ok, let's remove it then. I'm happy to take patches through my asm-generic tree. If someone shows up later that does have an interest in the platform for future kernels, I'll drop the branch or revert it after it gets merged. Arnd