linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:14:30 +0100
From:   Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt <egtvedt@...fundet.no>
To:     Håvard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...il.com>
Cc:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        "open list:MEMORY TECHNOLOGY..." <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Wenyou Yang <wenyou.yang@...el.com>,
        Josh Wu <rainyfeeling@...look.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>,
        linux-arm Mailing List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
        Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver

Around Thu 23 Feb 2017 21:18:13 -0800 or thereabout, Håvard Skinnemoen wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 9:14 AM, Alexandre Belloni
> <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com> wrote:
>> On 21/02/2017 at 18:43:35 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

<snipp>

>> A few weeks ago, I was telling Boris to let it not build for a while and
>> then remove it. You already went out of your way to make it work. Again,
>> feel free to send a patch removing avr32. I can only see a lot of
>> benefits for the Atmel ARM SoCs and the many cleanups that will follow.
> 
> Agree, I can't help but feel that the AVR32 support is doing more harm
> than good at this point.

I also agree on this, I can relate to Nicolas (and Atmel friends) having to
always think about the less-maintained AVR32 parts when improving drivers.

>> If nobody complains about the 4.10 breakage, You'll have plenty of time
>> to remove it for 4.12
> 
> I'm fine with that, but I haven't put much effort into keeping it
> alive lately. If Hans-Christian agrees, I'm willing to post a patch to
> remove it, or ack someone else's patch.

Then lets plan this for 4.12, either you Håvard whip up a patch or I can
eventually do it.

I can push it through the linux-avr32 git tree on kernel.org.

-- 
mvh
Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt