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

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Message-ID: <d1e40224-9537-1fbc-cf5e-2432fd001a8d@linaro.org>
Date:   Thu, 7 Apr 2022 10:43:49 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     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 09:23, Krzysztof Kozlowski 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>
> 
> ---
> 
> Changes since v1:
> 1. Language: in->for removal.
> 2. Don't show pragma with COMPILE_TEST.
> 3. Add Acks.
> 

I forgot to add important part in changelog - I moved the s3c64xx
removal to 2024. There was an interest from Mark to keep the platform
running and it is a newer SoC than s3c64xx.


Best regards,
Krzysztof