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=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 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 70D15C433DB for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 07:09:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3034F22A84 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 07:09:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731267AbhAOHJB (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jan 2021 02:09:01 -0500 Received: from szxga07-in.huawei.com ([45.249.212.35]:11390 "EHLO szxga07-in.huawei.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726494AbhAOHJA (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jan 2021 02:09:00 -0500 Received: from DGGEMS410-HUB.china.huawei.com (unknown [172.30.72.59]) by szxga07-in.huawei.com (SkyGuard) with ESMTP id 4DHC0z5krdz7Vkw; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:07:15 +0800 (CST) Received: from [10.40.166.221] (10.40.166.221) by DGGEMS410-HUB.china.huawei.com (10.3.19.210) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.3.498.0; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:08:12 +0800 Message-ID: <60013F54.9050305@hisilicon.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:08:04 +0800 From: Wei Xu User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Arnd Bergmann , Linux ARM , Linux Kernel Mailing List CC: Krzysztof Adamski , Oleksij Rempel , Baruch Siach , "Russell King - ARM Linux" , Daniel Tang , =?UTF-8?B?VXdlIEtsZWluZS1Lw7ZuaWc=?= , "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 , Steven Rostedt , Yoshinori Sato , Mark Salter , "Michael Ellerman" , Geert Uytterhoeven , Thomas Bogendoerfer , Tony Prisk , Krzysztof Halasa , "Leizhen (ThunderTown)" Subject: Re: [v2] Old platforms: bring out your dead References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [10.40.166.221] X-CFilter-Loop: Reflected Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Arnd, On 2021/1/14 0:14, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 11:55 PM Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > Just to catch up on the replies I received on my initial email, here > is the updated status of all the Arm platforms I listed earlier, thanks > for everyone that contributed information on these platforms! > > These platforms were listed as likely unused and are now going to > be kept around, as we wait for work on them to resume: > > * axxia -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 > (Alexander Sverdlin has patches and volunteered as a maintainer) > * bcm/kona -- added in 2013, no notable changes after 2014 > (Found activity in PostmarketOS, waiting for usptreaming) > * digicolor -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 > (Baruch still uses it, no changes needed) > * dove -- added in 2009, obsoleted by mach-mvebu in 2015 > (Russell still has patches for cubox, we might remove the other > boards that are converted to DT though) > * nspire -- added in 2013, no notable changes after 2015 > (Fabian and Daniel confirmed this is alive and well, more > hardware support is planned) > * spear -- added in 2010, no notable changes since 2015 > (My mistake in reading the changelog, should have been > on the second list. The platform is still active, and Mattias > Wallin plans to send more hardware support and cleanup > patches) > > These platforms are confirmed to be dead upstream, and are going to > be removed: > > * efm32 -- added in 2011, first Cortex-M, no notable changes after 2013 > * picoxcell -- added in 2011, already queued for removal > * prima2 -- added in 20111, no notable changes since 2015 > * tango -- added in 2015, sporadic changes until 2017, but abandoned > * u300 -- added in 2009, no notable changes since 2013 > * zx --added in 2015 for both 32, 2017 for 64 bit, no notable changes > > No reply yet, still planning for removal. Oleksij and Tony, please > confirm this is ok or let us know if we should keep them: > > * asm9260 -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 > * vt8500 -- added in 2010, no notable changes since 2014 > > These were on the original list of platforms that are likely still > maintained and used despite their age, and I received a > confirmation that this is true (some of them off-list) > > * clps711x -- prehistoric, converted to multiplatform+DT in 2016 > * ep93xx -- added in 2006, LinusW still working on it, any users left? > * footbridge -- added in prehistory, stable since ~2013, rmk and LinusW have one > * gemini -- added in 2009, LinusW still working on it > * highbank -- added in 2011, no changes after 2015, but Andre still uses it > * iop32x -- added in 2006, no notable changes other than my cleanup, still used > * ixp4xx -- prehistoric, but LinusW and I are still working on it > * lpc32xx -- added in 2010, multiplatform 2019, hardware is EOL > * nomadik -- added in 2009, LinusW keeps fixing it, probably no other users > * orion5x -- DT support still active, board files support to get reviewed > for removal and conversion to DT individually > * oxnas -- added in 2016, but already old then, few changes later > * pxa -- prehistoric, but a few boards may still have users > * rpc -- prehistoric, but I think Russell still uses his machine > * sa1100 -- prehistoric, but rmk and LinusW sporadically working in it > > For these I received no reply yet. Again, these will stay for the moment > unless I get a reply, but if anyone has more information, please reply > here to document the status (adding a few more people to Cc): > > * mmp -- added in 2009, DT support is active, but board files might go > * cns3xxx -- added in 2010, last fixed in 2019, probably no users left > * hisi (hip01/hip05) -- servers added in 2013, replaced with arm64 in 2016 I think it is OK to drop the support of the hip01(arm32) and hip05(arm64). Could you also help to drop the support of the hip04(arm32) which I think nobody use as well? Thanks! Best Regards, Wei 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=-5.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 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 93B78C433E0 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 07:11:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from merlin.infradead.org (merlin.infradead.org [205.233.59.134]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 516DF22D50 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 07:11:01 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 516DF22D50 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=hisilicon.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=merlin.20170209; h=Sender:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:Cc:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post:List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:To:MIME-Version:From: Date:Message-ID:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=9bNDujxHagUBcINprtdYpKDMQ3YwAKY2q/nUnjMnKFw=; b=Qdm2TaFNwp+N9y4CCY1q0XwQL dLex1YJsT11t9eKYulDwT2KAoXASDkh4B/Rt79d6V9MdWNsTJY7fmdRyD0tPLQn9yiIHh/ZdUHcu9 U81PDck2YnIlc7aKWr0swCEkOvjj83PB1w4CQk3+riJAfv/dpiYoKWPwhUke1JfbeKSoltDIr3oIG +LrZhjScVNHm2LNrX+vCljZT3R0u96lmY5/wYqmVbuyQB2TlUiWAZmF4rNtf3b+/QSKK/Ga7PTG0J Bv/OWp0Q5nZMZcz6jMAdSRqXxFLRLjFBtvuh7dUcnXWT+7c26ezimjToBdZ0jBxhCsHO1FkzCmk9f wTEkxNCWA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=merlin.infradead.org) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1l0JEJ-0008TR-8r; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 07:09:07 +0000 Received: from szxga07-in.huawei.com ([45.249.212.35]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1l0JEF-0008S1-NB for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 07:09:06 +0000 Received: from DGGEMS410-HUB.china.huawei.com (unknown [172.30.72.59]) by szxga07-in.huawei.com (SkyGuard) with ESMTP id 4DHC0z5krdz7Vkw; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:07:15 +0800 (CST) Received: from [10.40.166.221] (10.40.166.221) by DGGEMS410-HUB.china.huawei.com (10.3.19.210) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.3.498.0; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:08:12 +0800 Message-ID: <60013F54.9050305@hisilicon.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:08:04 +0800 From: Wei Xu User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Arnd Bergmann , Linux ARM , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [v2] Old platforms: bring out your dead References: In-Reply-To: X-Originating-IP: [10.40.166.221] X-CFilter-Loop: Reflected X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20210115_020904_600832_24C61538 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 20.54 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Baruch Siach , Geert Uytterhoeven , Neil Armstrong , Viresh Kumar , Linus Walleij , Daniel Tang , Jamie Iles , Krzysztof Adamski , Alexander Shiyan , Michael Ellerman , Russell King - ARM Linux , Oleksij Rempel , Alex Elder , Marc Gonzalez , Hans Ulli Kroll , =?UTF-8?B?VXdlIEtsZWluZS1Lw7ZuaWc=?= , Steven Rostedt , Vladimir Zapolskiy , Lubomir Rintel , Krzysztof Halasa , Koen Vandeputte , "Leizhen \(ThunderTown\)" , Barry Song , Thomas Bogendoerfer , Yoshinori Sato , Jonas Jensen , Tony Prisk , Hartley Sweeten , Mark Salter , Shawn Guo Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org Hi Arnd, On 2021/1/14 0:14, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 11:55 PM Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > Just to catch up on the replies I received on my initial email, here > is the updated status of all the Arm platforms I listed earlier, thanks > for everyone that contributed information on these platforms! > > These platforms were listed as likely unused and are now going to > be kept around, as we wait for work on them to resume: > > * axxia -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 > (Alexander Sverdlin has patches and volunteered as a maintainer) > * bcm/kona -- added in 2013, no notable changes after 2014 > (Found activity in PostmarketOS, waiting for usptreaming) > * digicolor -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 > (Baruch still uses it, no changes needed) > * dove -- added in 2009, obsoleted by mach-mvebu in 2015 > (Russell still has patches for cubox, we might remove the other > boards that are converted to DT though) > * nspire -- added in 2013, no notable changes after 2015 > (Fabian and Daniel confirmed this is alive and well, more > hardware support is planned) > * spear -- added in 2010, no notable changes since 2015 > (My mistake in reading the changelog, should have been > on the second list. The platform is still active, and Mattias > Wallin plans to send more hardware support and cleanup > patches) > > These platforms are confirmed to be dead upstream, and are going to > be removed: > > * efm32 -- added in 2011, first Cortex-M, no notable changes after 2013 > * picoxcell -- added in 2011, already queued for removal > * prima2 -- added in 20111, no notable changes since 2015 > * tango -- added in 2015, sporadic changes until 2017, but abandoned > * u300 -- added in 2009, no notable changes since 2013 > * zx --added in 2015 for both 32, 2017 for 64 bit, no notable changes > > No reply yet, still planning for removal. Oleksij and Tony, please > confirm this is ok or let us know if we should keep them: > > * asm9260 -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 > * vt8500 -- added in 2010, no notable changes since 2014 > > These were on the original list of platforms that are likely still > maintained and used despite their age, and I received a > confirmation that this is true (some of them off-list) > > * clps711x -- prehistoric, converted to multiplatform+DT in 2016 > * ep93xx -- added in 2006, LinusW still working on it, any users left? > * footbridge -- added in prehistory, stable since ~2013, rmk and LinusW have one > * gemini -- added in 2009, LinusW still working on it > * highbank -- added in 2011, no changes after 2015, but Andre still uses it > * iop32x -- added in 2006, no notable changes other than my cleanup, still used > * ixp4xx -- prehistoric, but LinusW and I are still working on it > * lpc32xx -- added in 2010, multiplatform 2019, hardware is EOL > * nomadik -- added in 2009, LinusW keeps fixing it, probably no other users > * orion5x -- DT support still active, board files support to get reviewed > for removal and conversion to DT individually > * oxnas -- added in 2016, but already old then, few changes later > * pxa -- prehistoric, but a few boards may still have users > * rpc -- prehistoric, but I think Russell still uses his machine > * sa1100 -- prehistoric, but rmk and LinusW sporadically working in it > > For these I received no reply yet. Again, these will stay for the moment > unless I get a reply, but if anyone has more information, please reply > here to document the status (adding a few more people to Cc): > > * mmp -- added in 2009, DT support is active, but board files might go > * cns3xxx -- added in 2010, last fixed in 2019, probably no users left > * hisi (hip01/hip05) -- servers added in 2013, replaced with arm64 in 2016 I think it is OK to drop the support of the hip01(arm32) and hip05(arm64). Could you also help to drop the support of the hip04(arm32) which I think nobody use as well? Thanks! Best Regards, Wei _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel