Re: [GIT PULL] ib-drm-gpio-pdx86-rtc-wdt-v5.12-1

[Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 6:55 PM Patrik Jakobsson
<patrik.r.jakobsson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 4:51 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 5:25 PM Patrik Jakobsson
> > <patrik.r.jakobsson@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 1:37 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > > <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi guys,
> > > >
> > > > This is first part of Intel MID outdated platforms removal. It's collected into
> > > > immutable branch with a given tag, please pull to yours subsystems.
> > >
> > > Hi Andy,
> > > Do you plan on eventually removing X86_INTEL_MID completely? If so,
> > > then I should probably start looking at removing the corresponding
> > > parts in GMA500.
> >
> > Nope. It is related to only Medfield / Clovertrail platforms.
> >
> > There are other (MID) platforms that may / might utilize this driver
> > in the future.
>
> Right, there's still Oaktrail / Moorestown with hardware in the wild.

Actually Moorestown had to be removed a few years ago (kernel won't
boot on them anyway from that date when Alan removed support under
arch/x86 for it).

I'm talking about Merrifield and Moorefield that can utilize it and
also some other platforms that are not SFI based (Cedar something...
IIRC).

> > I.o.w. we probably can remove the oldest stuff in the driver WRT above
> > mentioned platforms, but leave the driver for the rest.
> > I wouldn't be in a hurry with this though, display drivers are easy to
> > remove, but really hard to get back on velocity after that.
>
> Ok, I'll have a look at removing Medfield. That code should have been
> removed a long time ago.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko