linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/33] Removing dead SA1101

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Date:	Thu, 1 Jul 2010 02:01:05 +0200
From:	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
To:	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Christoph Egger <siccegge@...fau.de>,
	vamos@...informatik.uni-erlangen.de,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/33] Removing dead SA1101

Dne St 30. června 2010 20:59:05 Nicolas Pitre napsal(a):
> On Wed, 30 Jun 2010, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > Dne St 30. června 2010 18:57:43 Nicolas Pitre napsal(a):
> > > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010, Christoph Egger wrote:
> > > > SA1101 doesn't exist in Kconfig, therefore removing all
> > > > references for it from the source code.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Christoph Egger <siccegge@...fau.de>
> > > 
> > > Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>
> > 
> > You're dropping support for a whole CPU here ... is the code redundant or
> > something ?
> 
> The SA1101 is not a CPU.  It is a companion chipset for the SA1100.  And
> so far we have no target using it in the tree, and that isn't likely to
> change more than 10 years after the chip availability.  Needless to say
> that the SA1101 has long been unavailable either.
> 
> We also have support for the SA1111 which is a similar companion chipset
> for the SA1110.  This is not going away as at least the Neponset
> expansion board for the Assabet development board is using a SA1111.
> 
> 
> Nicolas

Oh I see. Thanks for clearing that.
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