linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] MIPS: Deprecate VPE Loader

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Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2016 15:19:35 +0200
From:   Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:     Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@...tec.com>
Cc:     Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org,
        lisa.parratt@...tec.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] MIPS: Deprecate VPE Loader

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 09:47:29AM +0100, Matt Redfearn wrote:

> The MIPS remote processor driver (CONFIG_MIPS_RPROC) provides a more
> standard mechanism for using one or more VPs as coprocessors running
> separate firmware.
> 
> Here we deprecate this mechanism before it is removed.

The world will be a better place once this is removed.

I receive the occasional minor cleanup or robopatch (coccinelle or similar)
for the VPE loader but I have no indication this is actually being used
by anybody, so is thee any reason why not to delete it right away?

  Ralf