From: Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>,
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <soc@kernel.org>
Cc: Jun Nie <jun.nie@linaro.org>, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>,
"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] ARM: remove zte zx platform
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2021 16:51:01 +0800 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: <20210120124812.2800027-4-arnd@kernel.org>
On 2021/1/20 20:48, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> The ZTE ZX set-top-box SoC platform was added in 2015 by Jun Nie, with
> Baoyou Xie and Shawn Guo subsequently becoming maintainers after the
> addition of the 64-bit variant.
>
> However, the only machines that were ever supported upstream are the
> reference designs, not actual set-top-box devices that would benefit
> from this support. All ZTE set-top-boxes from the past few years seem
> to be based on third-party SoCs. While there is very little information
> about zx296702 and zx296718 on the web, I found some references to other
> chips from the same family, such as zx296716 and zx296719, which were
> never submitted for upstream support. Finally, there is no support for
> the GPU on either of them, with the lima and panfrost device drivers
> having been added after work on the zx platform had stopped.
>
> Shawn confirmed that he has not seen any interest in this platform for
> the past four years, and that it can be removed.
>
> Thanks to Jun and Shawn for maintaining this platform over the past
> five years.
>
> Cc: Jun Nie <jun.nie@linaro.org>
> Cc: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
[...]
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index aeef69cbc7ec..54b5e6dee017 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -2704,40 +2704,6 @@ S: Maintained
> F: arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/z2.h
> F: arch/arm/mach-pxa/z2.c
>
> -ARM/ZTE ARCHITECTURE
> -M: Jun Nie <jun.nie@linaro.org>
> -M: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
> -L: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
> -S: Maintained
[...]
> -F: include/dt-bindings/clock/zx2967*.h
include/dt-bindings/clock/zx296718-clock.h hadn't been removed.
> -F: include/dt-bindings/soc/zte,*.h
include/dt-bindings/soc/zte,pm_domains.h neither.
> -DRM DRIVERS FOR ZTE ZX
> -M: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
> -L: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> -S: Maintained
> -T: git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
> -F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/zte,vou.txt
> -F: drivers/gpu/drm/zte/
The whole zxdrm driver is still in tree, which smells like a leftover.
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> index 6eecdef538bd..ec3c0cb27d1e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> @@ -317,12 +317,6 @@ config ARCH_XGENE
> help
> This enables support for AppliedMicro X-Gene SOC Family
>
> -config ARCH_ZX
> - bool "ZTE ZX SoC Family"
> - select PINCTRL
> - help
> - This enables support for ZTE ZX SoC Family
And ARCH_ZX is still selected in arm64's defconfig (which is why I
jumped in this series).
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-04 8:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-20 12:48 [PATCH 0/5] ARM/c6x: remove orphaned platforms Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` [PATCH 1/5] c6x: remove architecture Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-21 15:44 ` Mark Salter
2021-01-21 15:44 ` Mark Salter
2021-01-21 15:44 ` Mark Salter
2021-02-03 7:52 ` Aurelien Jacquiot
2021-02-03 7:55 ` Aurelien Jacquiot
2021-02-03 7:55 ` Aurelien Jacquiot
2021-01-20 12:48 ` [PATCH 2/5] ARM: remove sirf prima2/atlas platforms Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` [PATCH 3/5] ARM: remove zte zx platform Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-29 13:46 ` Shawn Guo
2021-01-29 13:46 ` Shawn Guo
2021-08-04 8:51 ` Zenghui Yu [this message]
2021-08-04 8:51 ` Zenghui Yu
2021-01-20 12:48 ` [PATCH 4/5] ARM: remove tango platform Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-21 13:47 ` Måns Rullgård
2021-01-21 13:47 ` Måns Rullgård
2021-01-20 12:48 ` [PATCH 5/5] ARM: remove u300 platform Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-20 12:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-21 8:34 ` Linus Walleij
2021-01-21 8:34 ` Linus Walleij
2021-01-21 8:34 ` Linus Walleij
2021-01-21 10:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-21 10:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
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