linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] ARM: dove: Remove watchdog from DT

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Date:	Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:33:08 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	sebastien requiem <sebastien@...uiem.fr>
Cc:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] ARM: dove: Remove watchdog from DT

On Tuesday 25 September 2012, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 September 2012, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > Regarding mv78xx0, I agree that I'm not sure what to do. The number of
> > > supported platforms is small. Should we simply mark mv78xx0 deprecated
> > > now, wait a few release cycles to see if anyone shows up, and see what
> > > to do at this point?
> 
> We should let Sebastien Requiem comment. He is the only person outside of
> Marvell who has contributed a board file for mv78xx0. If he's interested in
> keeping it alive, he's hopefully also able to find the time to test the
> devicetree version of that platform in mach-mvebu. Similarly, if anyone
> has the MASA reference design, that one could be moved over to mach-mvebu
> first.
> 
> There is a much smaller user base for mv78xx0 than for orion5x, so as long
> as we can keep the support working with DT, we can throw out the legacy
> code much faster than for orion. If it doesn't get put into mach-mvebu
> and you can't find anyone who has hardware to test on, you could also
> stop maintaining it and leave it to bitrot, but I wouldn't just remove it
> on a fast track then.

The address I used for Sebastien appears to be dead. Maybe this one still
works.

	Arnd
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