From: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, soc@kernel.org,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Jun Nie <jun.nie@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] ARM: remove zte zx platform
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 21:46:41 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210129134640.GG907@dragon> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210120124812.2800027-4-arnd@kernel.org>
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 01:48:10PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> The ZTE ZX set-top-box SoC platform was added in 2015 by Jun Nie, with
> Baoyou Xie and Shawn Guo subsequently becoming maintainers after the
> addition of the 64-bit variant.
>
> However, the only machines that were ever supported upstream are the
> reference designs, not actual set-top-box devices that would benefit
> from this support. All ZTE set-top-boxes from the past few years seem
> to be based on third-party SoCs. While there is very little information
> about zx296702 and zx296718 on the web, I found some references to other
> chips from the same family, such as zx296716 and zx296719, which were
> never submitted for upstream support. Finally, there is no support for
> the GPU on either of them, with the lima and panfrost device drivers
> having been added after work on the zx platform had stopped.
>
> Shawn confirmed that he has not seen any interest in this platform for
> the past four years, and that it can be removed.
>
> Thanks to Jun and Shawn for maintaining this platform over the past
> five years.
>
> Cc: Jun Nie <jun.nie@linaro.org>
> Cc: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
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From: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: Jun Nie <jun.nie@linaro.org>,
soc@kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] ARM: remove zte zx platform
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 21:46:41 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210129134640.GG907@dragon> (raw)
Message-ID: <20210129134641.h98-LwjdGThNoLwde8w4AFWKXm73YW9Ez5-nphN96Uk@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210120124812.2800027-4-arnd@kernel.org>
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 01:48:10PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> The ZTE ZX set-top-box SoC platform was added in 2015 by Jun Nie, with
> Baoyou Xie and Shawn Guo subsequently becoming maintainers after the
> addition of the 64-bit variant.
>
> However, the only machines that were ever supported upstream are the
> reference designs, not actual set-top-box devices that would benefit
> from this support. All ZTE set-top-boxes from the past few years seem
> to be based on third-party SoCs. While there is very little information
> about zx296702 and zx296718 on the web, I found some references to other
> chips from the same family, such as zx296716 and zx296719, which were
> never submitted for upstream support. Finally, there is no support for
> the GPU on either of them, with the lima and panfrost device drivers
> having been added after work on the zx platform had stopped.
>
> Shawn confirmed that he has not seen any interest in this platform for
> the past four years, and that it can be removed.
>
> Thanks to Jun and Shawn for maintaining this platform over the past
> five years.
>
> Cc: Jun Nie <jun.nie@linaro.org>
> Cc: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-29 13:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-20 12:48 [PATCH 0/5] ARM/c6x: remove orphaned platforms Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` [PATCH 1/5] c6x: remove architecture Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-21 15:44 ` Mark Salter
2021-01-21 15:44 ` Mark Salter
2021-01-21 15:44 ` Mark Salter
2021-02-03 7:52 ` Aurelien Jacquiot
2021-02-03 7:55 ` Aurelien Jacquiot
2021-02-03 7:55 ` Aurelien Jacquiot
2021-01-20 12:48 ` [PATCH 2/5] ARM: remove sirf prima2/atlas platforms Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` [PATCH 3/5] ARM: remove zte zx platform Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-29 13:46 ` Shawn Guo [this message]
2021-01-29 13:46 ` Shawn Guo
2021-08-04 8:51 ` Zenghui Yu
2021-08-04 8:51 ` Zenghui Yu
2021-01-20 12:48 ` [PATCH 4/5] ARM: remove tango platform Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-21 13:47 ` Måns Rullgård
2021-01-21 13:47 ` Måns Rullgård
2021-01-20 12:48 ` [PATCH 5/5] ARM: remove u300 platform Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-21 8:34 ` Linus Walleij
2021-01-21 8:34 ` Linus Walleij
2021-01-21 8:34 ` Linus Walleij
2021-01-21 10:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-21 10:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
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