linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: s3c: mark as deprecated and schedule removal

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Date:   Thu, 7 Apr 2022 10:02:05 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/SAMSUNG EXYNOS ARM ARCHITECTURES" 
        <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Sylwester Nawrocki <snawrocki@...nel.org>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
        Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
        Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: s3c: mark as deprecated and schedule removal

On 07/04/2022 09:40, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 9:23 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski
> <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org> wrote:
>>
>> The Samsung S3C24xx and S3C64xx platforms are very old designs. S3C2416
>> was introduced in 2008 and S3C6410 in 2009/2010.  They are not widely
>> available anymore - out-of-stock on FriendlyArm (one of manufacturers of
>> boards) and only few specialist stores still offer them for quite a high
>> price.
>>
>> The community around these platforms was not very active, so I suspect
>> no one really uses them anymore. Maintenance takes precious time so
>> there is little sense in keeping them alive if there are no real users.
>>
>> Let's mark all S3C24xx and S3C64xx platforms as deprecated and mention
>> possible removal in after 2022 for the first and 2024 for the lattere.
>> The deprecation message will be as text in Kconfig, build message (not a
>> warning though) and runtime print error.
>>
>> If there are any users, they might respond and postpone the removal.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
>> Acked-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>
>> Acked-by: Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> Should I pick it up through the fixes branch for 5.18 if there are no
> immediate objections, or do you prefer to just do it as part of your
> normal samsung patches for 5.19?
> 
> If you have nothing else planned for mach-s3c, I can also add it
> to the multiplatform branch that already touches the platform.

Feel free to take it as fixes (or s3c multiplatform).

Best regards,
Krzysztof