linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] misc: pti: Remove driver for deprecated platform

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Message-ID: <YArANXckLdSUoWNZ@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:08:21 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] misc: pti: Remove driver for deprecated platform

On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 12:58:32PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 12:43 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Intel Moorestown and Medfield are quite old Intel Atom based
> > 32-bit platforms, which were in limited use in some Android phones,
> > tablets and consumer electronics more than eight years ago.
> >
> > There are no bugs or problems ever reported outside from Intel
> > for breaking any of that platforms for years. It seems no real
> > users exists who run more or less fresh kernel on it. The commit
> > 05f4434bc130 ("ASoC: Intel: remove mfld_machine") also in align
> > with this theory.
> >
> > Due to above and to reduce a burden of supporting outdated drivers
> > we remove the support of outdated platforms completely.
> >
> > Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> > Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> Does this mean drivers/sfi/ can get killed off along with
> arch/x86/platforms/{intel-mid,sfi}, or are there still other
> machines using that?

Yes, but it's hard to get Len's attention on it.

FWIW, look at [1].

[1]: https://gitlab.com/andy-shev/next/-/tree/topic/mid-removal

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko