linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/12] Remove mach-msm and associated code

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Message-ID: <55034C70.4000403@codeaurora.org>
Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 2015 13:45:36 -0700
From:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Brown <davidb@...eaurora.org>,
	Bryan Huntsman <bryanh@...eaurora.org>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
	Chris Ball <chris@...ntf.net>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] Remove mach-msm and associated code

On 03/13/15 12:55, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 13 March 2015 11:09:33 Stephen Boyd wrote:
>> The maintainers for mach-msm no longer have any plans to support
>> or test the platforms supported by this architecture[1]. Most likely
>> there aren't any active users of this code anyway, so let's
>> delete it and the associated drivers/code. We should probably merge
>> this as one big series through arm-soc. Although some patches
>> should be fine to take through maintainers, some things like
>> mmc and usb have header file dependencies for platform_data.
>>
>> [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150307031212.GA8434@fifo99.com
>>
> As I wrote, I'd have a mild preference for doing the multiplatform
> conversion first and then removing the support in the following merge
> window, just in case someone wants that code back.
>
> If everyone wants to see that code die rather sooner than later,
> that's fine with me as well.

I think everyone wants to see the code die now. They can always pull the
multi-platform patches from the list. I'll stash away my 7200 DT
conversion in case someone cares but I really doubt anybody does.

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