linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] ARM: orion5x/dove/mv78xx0 multiplatform

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Message-ID: <87wpt67zkz.fsf@free-electrons.com>
Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:34:20 +0100
From:	Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] ARM: orion5x/dove/mv78xx0 multiplatform

Hi Andrew,
 
 On mer., nov. 25 2015, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 04:49:12PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> I've posted these before and now gotten around to a rebase and
>> want to include them in the arm-soc next/multiplatform branch for
>> 4.5.
>> 
>> Originally the plan for these platforms was to convert all of
>> them to DT and use only mach-mvebu. That has not happened,
>> so I would do it this way instead so we can at least have
>> them in a single kernel.
>> 
>> Let me know if there are any concerns or objections.
>
> Maybe we should just remove mv78xx0? It has been at least two years
> since we have heard of anybody using it, outside of Debians now
> replaced build system. And its IRQ handling is broken apparently.

Actually I was about to remove it last year but an mv78200 user came
with a bug fix on the gpio driver used by this platform:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=140639461108781&w=2

While he seemed interseted to use a mainline kernel we don't have any
news for one year:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=141391779222342&w=2

Gregory

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