Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonza...@free.fr> writes: > [ Dropping maintainers of other platforms ] > > On 08/01/2021 23:55, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > >> After v5.10 was officially declared an LTS kernel, I had a look around >> the Arm platforms that look like they have not seen any patches from >> their maintainers or users that are actually running the hardware for >> at least five years (2015 or earlier). I made some statistics and lists >> for my lwn.net article last year [1], so I'd thought I'd share a summary >> here for discussion about what we should remove. As I found three >> years ago when I removed several CPU architectures, it makes sense >> to do this in bulk, to simplify a scripted search for device drivers, header >> files and Kconfig options that become unused in the process. >> >> This is probably a mix of platforms that are completely unused and >> those that just work, but I have no good way of knowing which one >> it is. Without hearing back about these, I'd propose removing all of >> these: >> >> * asm9260 -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 >> * axxia -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 >> * bcm/kona -- added in 2013, no notable changes after 2014 >> * digicolor -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 >> * dove -- added in 2009, obsoleted by mach-mvebu in 2015 >> * efm32 -- added in 2011, first Cortex-M, no notable changes after 2013 >> * nspire -- added in 2013, no notable changes after 2015 >> * picoxcell -- added in 2011, already queued for removal >> * prima2 -- added in 20111, no notable changes since 2015 >> * spear -- added in 2010, no notable changes since 2015 >> * tango -- added in 2015, sporadic changes until 2017, but abandoned >> * u300 -- added in 2009, no notable changes since 2013 >> * vt8500 -- added in 2010, no notable changes since 2014 >> * zx --added in 2015 for both 32, 2017 for 64 bit, no notable changes >> >> If any of the above are not dead yet[2], please let me know, >> and we'll keep them. >> > > I didn't see Mans in the CC list. Not sure he's seen this message. > > As far as tango is concerned, I didn't keep any boards. > > Mans might have some tango3 and tango4 boards. > > Waiting for his take on the matter. > > I can point out some device-specific drivers that would become > useless if tango support were dropped.
I have tango3 and tango4 boards. Can't say I'm using them for anything, though. With the entire platform dead at the vendor level, removal seems like a reasonable choice. -- Måns Rullgård
