Hi Arnd, On 2021/1/14 0:14, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 11:55 PM Arnd Bergmann <a...@kernel.org> wrote: > > Just to catch up on the replies I received on my initial email, here > is the updated status of all the Arm platforms I listed earlier, thanks > for everyone that contributed information on these platforms! > > These platforms were listed as likely unused and are now going to > be kept around, as we wait for work on them to resume: > > * axxia -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 > (Alexander Sverdlin has patches and volunteered as a maintainer) > * bcm/kona -- added in 2013, no notable changes after 2014 > (Found activity in PostmarketOS, waiting for usptreaming) > * digicolor -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 > (Baruch still uses it, no changes needed) > * dove -- added in 2009, obsoleted by mach-mvebu in 2015 > (Russell still has patches for cubox, we might remove the other > boards that are converted to DT though) > * nspire -- added in 2013, no notable changes after 2015 > (Fabian and Daniel confirmed this is alive and well, more > hardware support is planned) > * spear -- added in 2010, no notable changes since 2015 > (My mistake in reading the changelog, should have been > on the second list. The platform is still active, and Mattias > Wallin plans to send more hardware support and cleanup > patches) > > These platforms are confirmed to be dead upstream, and are going to > be removed: > > * efm32 -- added in 2011, first Cortex-M, no notable changes after 2013 > * picoxcell -- added in 2011, already queued for removal > * prima2 -- added in 20111, no notable changes since 2015 > * tango -- added in 2015, sporadic changes until 2017, but abandoned > * u300 -- added in 2009, no notable changes since 2013 > * zx --added in 2015 for both 32, 2017 for 64 bit, no notable changes > > No reply yet, still planning for removal. Oleksij and Tony, please > confirm this is ok or let us know if we should keep them: > > * asm9260 -- added in 2014, no notable changes after 2015 > * vt8500 -- added in 2010, no notable changes since 2014 > > These were on the original list of platforms that are likely still > maintained and used despite their age, and I received a > confirmation that this is true (some of them off-list) > > * clps711x -- prehistoric, converted to multiplatform+DT in 2016 > * ep93xx -- added in 2006, LinusW still working on it, any users left? > * footbridge -- added in prehistory, stable since ~2013, rmk and LinusW have > one > * gemini -- added in 2009, LinusW still working on it > * highbank -- added in 2011, no changes after 2015, but Andre still uses it > * iop32x -- added in 2006, no notable changes other than my cleanup, still > used > * ixp4xx -- prehistoric, but LinusW and I are still working on it > * lpc32xx -- added in 2010, multiplatform 2019, hardware is EOL > * nomadik -- added in 2009, LinusW keeps fixing it, probably no other users > * orion5x -- DT support still active, board files support to get reviewed > for removal and conversion to DT individually > * oxnas -- added in 2016, but already old then, few changes later > * pxa -- prehistoric, but a few boards may still have users > * rpc -- prehistoric, but I think Russell still uses his machine > * sa1100 -- prehistoric, but rmk and LinusW sporadically working in it > > For these I received no reply yet. Again, these will stay for the moment > unless I get a reply, but if anyone has more information, please reply > here to document the status (adding a few more people to Cc): > > * mmp -- added in 2009, DT support is active, but board files might go > * cns3xxx -- added in 2010, last fixed in 2019, probably no users left > * hisi (hip01/hip05) -- servers added in 2013, replaced with arm64 in 2016
I think it is OK to drop the support of the hip01(arm32) and hip05(arm64). Could you also help to drop the support of the hip04(arm32) which I think nobody use as well? Thanks! Best Regards, Wei