Re: Scheduling (unused) board file removal for linux-6.x

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc: Matija Glavinic Pecotic <matija.glavinic-pecotic.ext@nokia.com>,
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Subject: Re: Scheduling (unused) board file removal for linux-6.x
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 14:28:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK8P3a3Lon=DrO1WrhLdqHmgbVuk4aJjcP0FOuJywbbMKcGztQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACRpkdZ=hAkxEzmXwpshYKF1V20kyguqQh1aDEdAuKW7ng_8aQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 1:43 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 12:54 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 1:32 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 10:43 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > davinci
> > > >
> > > > DT conversion has stalled, and there are 12 remaining board files,
> > > > mostly for evaluation machines. No idea if any are still in use.
> > >
> > > TI is semi-actively maintaining DaVinci, I wonder if we can send
> > > the message that this needs to be converted to DT pronto to live
> > > on?
> >
> > I assume Sekhar and Bartosz have a plan. As Tony said, the
> > important machines are the DA850 ones that are already converted.
>
> TI is OK with having these removed, my gpiod-conversion patches
> has been resent a few merge windows without getting merged or
> tested. I will send patches to simply delete them,
> then the hobbyists can take it from there if they don't like it.

Fine with me. While my plan was to give all users six months
time to speak up across all platforms, but if a platform maintainer
wants to speed up removing their boards, I'm not complaining.

       Arnd