linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] remove arch/sh?

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:56:12 +0200
From:   John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
To:     Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Adam Borowski <kilobyte@...band.pl>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] remove arch/sh?

On 6/26/19 5:38 PM, Rich Felker wrote:
>>> Maybe everything but J2 and SH4(a) can just get retired?
>>>
>>>      Arnd
>>
>> I also have some boards, so it's possible to rewrite more.
>> I can not rewrite the target I do not have, so I think that
>> there is nothing but to retire.
> 
> To clarify, are you agreeing with Arnd's suggestion to retire/remove
> everything but jcore and sh4[a]?

I would keep J-Core, SH3 and SH4[a]. SH5 can go in any case since there
is no hardware available and gcc has no longer support for the target
either.

Adrian

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