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

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:23:38 +0100
From:   Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonzalez@...e.fr>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, Mans Rullgard <mans@...sr.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: Old platforms: bring out your dead

On 11/01/2021 22:50, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 6:29 PM Måns Rullgård wrote:
> 
>> Marc Gonzalez writes:
>>
>>> Waiting for his take on the matter.
>>>
>>> I can point out some device-specific drivers that would become
>>> useless if tango support were dropped.
>>
>> I have tango3 and tango4 boards.  Can't say I'm using them for anything,
>> though.  With the entire platform dead at the vendor level, removal
>> seems like a reasonable choice.
> 
> Ok, thanks for confirming.

It's not just the platform that's dead.

The whole company has been liquidated :(

(The Z-Wave stuff lives on inside Silicon Labs)

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sigma-designs-announces-plan-for-final-distribution-of-0-285-per-share-to-shareholders-in-connection-with-its-voluntary-plan-of-liquidation-and-dissolution-301099186.html


The following drivers are tango-specific, and it might make sense
to remove them along with the platform?

drivers/watchdog/tangox_wdt.c
drivers/media/rc/tango-ir.c
drivers/media/rc/keymaps/rc-tango.c
drivers/irqchip/irq-tango.c
drivers/clk/clk-tango4.c
drivers/pci/controller/pcie-tango.c
drivers/thermal/tango_thermal.c
drivers/mtd/nand/raw/tango_nand.c
drivers/cpufreq/tango-cpufreq.c
drivers/clocksource/timer-tango-xtal.c

Mans, do you agree?

Regards.