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

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Message-ID: <20171220141422.5f154dd0@jawa>
Date:   Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:14:22 +0100
From:   Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        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

Hi Arnd,

> 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.

Maybe we need some kind of a schedule (or roadmap)?

> 
>        Arnd



Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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