linux-kernel - Re: Old platforms: bring out your dead

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Date:   Mon, 11 Jan 2021 23:17:16 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Sylvain Lemieux <slemieux.tyco@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: Old platforms: bring out your dead

Hello,

On 11/01/2021 11:23:40-0500, Sylvain Lemieux wrote:
> According to NXP
> (https://www.nxp.com/products/product-information/product-longevity:PRDCT_LONGEVITY_HM),
> the LPC32xx is still an active product (although it was listed for 10
> years in 2009).
> 
> We still have active products in the field with this MCU and we are
> still shipping products with the LPC3250.
> 
> I think this platform should remain in the kernel for now.
> 

However, I would love to see it actually maintained as upstream is still
broken for most of the platforms, see:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20210104004313.1633622-1-alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com/


-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com