Re: [PATCH 00/10] Remove support for TX49xx

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Remove support for TX49xx
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 21:41:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdV86BES7dmWr-7j1jbtoSy0bH1J0e5W41p8evagi0Nqcw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210106184839.GA7773@alpha.franken.de>

Hi Thomas,

On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 7:49 PM Thomas Bogendoerfer
<tsbogend@alpha.franken.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 09:37:11AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 3:03 PM Thomas Bogendoerfer
> > <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de> wrote:
> > > I couldn't find any buyable product other than reference boards using
> > > TX49xx CPUs. And since nobody showed interest in keeping support for
> > > it, it's time to remove it.
> >
> > I have an RBTX4927 development board in my board farm, boot-test every
> > bi-weekly renesas-drivers release on it, and fix kernel issues when they
> > appear.
> >
> > Is that sufficient to keep it?
>
> for me it is. But now we probaly need some reverts then...

Indeed. Fortunately not all of it, as some removals were TX4938-only.

> I wonder whether you have seen my mail about the removal
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mips/20201207105627.GA15866@alpha.franken.de
>
> and my call for people owning MIPS machines
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mips/20200227144910.GA25011@alpha.franken.de/

Sorry, I'm not following the linux-mips list that closely, so I hadn't
seen them.  It's always a good idea to CC linux-kernel, and perhaps the
few people who last touched the affected files.

> Still "unclaimed" machines are
>
> IMG Pistachio SoC based boards (MACH_PISTACHIO(
> Toshiba TX39 series based machines (MACH_TX39XX)
> NEC VR4100 series based machines (MACH_VR41XX)
> Netlogic XLR/XLS based systems (NLM_XLR_BOARD)
> Netlogic XLP based systems (NLM_XLP_BOARD)
> Sibyte BCM91120C-CRhine (SIBYTE_CRHINE)
> Sibyte BCM91120x-Carmel (SIBYTE_CARMEL)
> Sibyte BCM91125C-CRhone (SIBYTE_CRHONE)
> Sibyte BCM91125E-Rhone (SIBYTE_RHONE)
> Sibyte BCM91250C2-LittleSur (SIBYTE_LITTLESUR)
> Sibyte BCM91250E-Sentosa (SIBYTE_SENTOSA)
>
> Is there something on this list you also regulary use ?

No, I don't have anything from the list above.
The RBTX4927 is basically my last MIPS-based system I do boot
current kernels on.

In active use, not for development:
  - Ubiquiti EdgeRouter-X (Ralink-based).

Stored in my attic:
  - NetGear WNDR4300 (AtherOS-based),
  - MikroTik Routerboard 150 (ADMtek-based, no (longer?) supported upstream),
  - NEC DDB VRC-5476 (upstream support removed 15 years ago ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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