linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] ARM: ep93xx: ts72xx: Add support for BK3 board

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Date:   Wed, 20 Dec 2017 13:50:28 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>,
        Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...il.com>,
        Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] ARM: ep93xx: ts72xx: Add support for BK3 board

On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 1:33 PM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de> wrote:

>
> There is a point where supporting old board files will stand in
> the way and cost a lot in maintenance (like moving drivers our
> of arch/arm, or modernizing misc subsystems). Then moving the
> platform over to device tree should be preferred.

I'm generally more interested in the multiplatform conversion than
the DT conversion, and I think converting this one to multiplatform
isn't actually that hard, and doesn't have a significant risk for
regressions, the main work is to convert the clock handling.

       Arnd