linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: ep93xx: remove MaverickCrunch support

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Message-ID: <CAL4-wQpKLtSj0xfNUXXLhbtN1wC051jpRneAuLYOi1riZfiinw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Aug 2021 13:40:58 +0200
From:   Martin Guy <martinwguy@...il.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
        Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...il.com>,
        soc@...nel.org, Nikita Shubin <nikita.shubin@...uefel.me>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Hubert Feurstein <hubert.feurstein@...tec.at>,
        Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: ep93xx: remove MaverickCrunch support

I forward opinion from people currently producing and supporting EP93XX boards:

From: Technologic Systems Support Team <support@...eddedarm.com>
To: martinwguy@...il.com
Cc: jerome.oufella@...oirfairelinux.com

> I expect our customers would care if support was dropped.
> Unfortunately I don't know to what extent.  I'd like to bring
> Jerome Oufella of Savoir Faire Linux into the conversation here,
> as he runs the software company who most of our customers
> contract through when they need a modern Linux kernel running
> on one of our Cirrus Logic EP93XX series single board computers.
> I expect his opinion will be more valuable than mine.
>
> Good morning Jerome,
>
> A member of the Linux Kernel Development community reached out
> to us this morning letting us know the community has suggested
> dropping support for the MavericCrunch FPU on the EP9302 processor.
> Would this impact any of the development your team has been doing
> for some of our mutual customers?

From: Jerome Oufella<jerome.oufella@...oirfairelinux.com>
> I am aware of a few companies who rely on variants of the TS-7250
> running not-too-old LTS releases (4.19, 5.4) to cope with their patch policies.
>
> With Linux 5.10 being the next "Super LTS", this presumably brings its
> support lifespan until about 2030, which (I believe) they would be
> comfortable with considering the age of the platform.
>
> Jerome Oufella
> Vice-President, Technologies
> www.savoirfairelinux.com