Re: [RFC PATCH] ARM: s3c: mark as deprecated and schedule removal after 2022

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com>
To: Cedric Roux <sed@free.fr>, Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org,
	Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>, Kukjin Kim <kgene@kernel.org>
Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>,
	Sylwester Nawrocki <snawrocki@kernel.org>,
	Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@gmail.com>,
	Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@samsung.com>,
	Inki Dae <inki.dae@samsung.com>,
	Sam Van Den Berge <sam.van.den.berge@telenet.be>,
	Lihua Yao <ylhuajnu@outlook.com>,
	Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] ARM: s3c: mark as deprecated and schedule removal after 2022
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2021 19:20:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <08c8f447-dcae-83b4-e5b3-a13704a5b158@canonical.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c4bcafd0-f614-78c8-4d72-5d2b672f7e32@free.fr>

On 05/11/2021 18:49, Cedric Roux wrote:
> On 11/2/21 12:05 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> If there are any users, they might respond and postpone the removal.
> 
> Hi Krzysztof,
> 
> I use a mini2440 (which is s3c2440) as an http server at home.
> I don't have much time but I can do some testing from time to
> time, but my setup is very custom so I don't know how helpful
> that would be for the community (if there is one).

We just need to know whether the kernel behaves properly on the
hardware. The setup itself should not matter, but what matters more is
that you do not run a new kernel at all. There is a lot of untested code
there.

> 
> I would be sad to see official support disappear, but I know
> how hard it is to maintain stuff, and I think I can keep going
> with the current kernel I use (which is not even 5.xx I think),
> so that would not be a big damage for me. And if I have special
> needs in the future (very doubtful) I guess I could hack something
> on my own.
> 
> Anyway, there is at least one s3c2440 server on Earth powered
> by the linux kernel. Now you know! :)

Thanks for coming back! We will see how much of feedback we gather.

Best regards,
Krzysztof