| Message ID | 20230814-topic-oxnas-upstream-remove-v3-0-e2ba579a49d3@linaro.org (mailing list archive) |
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| Series | ARM: oxnas support removal | expand |
Hi, On Mon, 14 Aug 2023 10:19:51 +0200, Neil Armstrong wrote: > With [1] removing MPCore SMP support, this makes the OX820 barely usable, > associated with a clear lack of maintainance, development and migration to > dt-schema it's clear that Linux support for OX810 and OX820 should be removed. > > In addition, the OX810 hasn't been booted for years and isn't even present > in an ARM config file. > > [...] Thanks, Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/narmstrong/linux-oxnas.git (v6.6/final) [1/3] irqchip: irq-versatile-fpga: remove obsolete oxnas compatible https://git.kernel.org/narmstrong/linux-oxnas/c/33e839adabedb3a958efe5d974e38e868f7a8584 [2/3] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: arm,versatile-fpga-irq: mark oxnas compatible as deprecated https://git.kernel.org/narmstrong/linux-oxnas/c/5f784ff8376dd519bbe317174972423508b627c4 [3/3] MAINTAINERS: remove OXNAS entry https://git.kernel.org/narmstrong/linux-oxnas/c/b1627ad5f457c8cea08bb2ab6b24d1c0381fbe30 These changes has been applied on the intermediate git tree [1]. The v6.6/final branch will then be sent via a formal Pull Request to the Linux SoC maintainers for inclusion in their intermediate git branches in order to be sent to Linus during the next merge window, or sooner if it's a set of fixes. In the cases of fixes, those will be merged in the current release candidate kernel and as soon they appear on the Linux master branch they will be backported to the previous Stable and Long-Stable kernels [2]. The intermediate git branches are merged daily in the linux-next tree [3], people are encouraged testing these pre-release kernels and report issues on the relevant mailing-lists. If problems are discovered on those changes, please submit a signed-off-by revert patch followed by a corrective changeset. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/narmstrong/linux-oxnas.git [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git [3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
With [1] removing MPCore SMP support, this makes the OX820 barely usable, associated with a clear lack of maintainance, development and migration to dt-schema it's clear that Linux support for OX810 and OX820 should be removed. In addition, the OX810 hasn't been booted for years and isn't even present in an ARM config file. For the OX820, lack of USB and SATA support makes the platform not usable in the current Linux support and relies on off-tree drivers hacked from the vendor (defunct for years) sources. The last users are in the OpenWRT distribution, and today's removal means support will still be in stable 6.1 LTS kernel until end of 2026. If someone wants to take over the development even with lack of SMP, I'll be happy to hand off maintainance. It has been a fun time adding support for this architecture, but it's time to get over! I'll send the remaining patches in a final PR. --- Changes in v3: - Removed applied patches - Moved net & pinctrl to a separate patchset - Added Andy's tags - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230630-topic-oxnas-upstream-remove-v2-0-fb6ab3dea87c@linaro.org Changes in v2: - s/maintainance/maintenance/ - added acked/review tags - dropped already applied patches - drop RFC - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230331-topic-oxnas-upstream-remove-v1-0-5bd58fd1dd1f@linaro.org --- Neil Armstrong (3): irqchip: irq-versatile-fpga: remove obsolete oxnas compatible dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: arm,versatile-fpga-irq: mark oxnas compatible as deprecated MAINTAINERS: remove OXNAS entry .../bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,versatile-fpga-irq.txt | 4 +++- MAINTAINERS | 10 ---------- drivers/irqchip/irq-versatile-fpga.c | 1 - 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) --- base-commit: 21ef7b1e17d039053edaeaf41142423810572741 change-id: 20230331-topic-oxnas-upstream-remove-a62e9d96feee Best regards,