linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] remove arch/sh?

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Message-ID: <20190625142341.GA6948@lst.de>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jun 2019 16:23:41 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
Cc:     John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] remove arch/sh?

On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 10:21:44AM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> I'm generally okay with all proposed non-functional changes that come
> up that are just eliminating arch-specific cruft to use new shared
> kernel infrastructure. I recall replying to a few indicating this, but
> I missed a lot more. If it would be helpful I think I can commit to
> doing at least this more consistently, but I'm happy to have other
> maintainers make that call too.

It woud be great if you could at least apply with a tentative ack.
At least for some trees we try very hard to get a maintainer ack,
so silence is holding things back to some extent.

I'd also like to second Arnds request to figure out if any bits
are truely dead.  E.g. 64-bit sh5 support very much appears so.