linux-kernel - Re: remove arch/sh

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Message-ID: <fe09d811-e290-821d-ec8b-75936b6583c2@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Date:   Fri, 13 Jan 2023 20:05:20 +0100
From:   John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
To:     Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas@...asonboard.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
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        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: remove arch/sh

Hi Rob!

On 1/13/23 20:11, Rob Landley wrote:
>> I actually would be willing to do it but I'm a bit hesitant as I'm not 100%
>> sure my skills are sufficient. Maybe if someone can assist me?
> 
> My skills aren't sufficient and I dunno how much time I have, but I can
> certainly assist. I test sh4 regularlyish and it's in the list of architectures
> I ship binaries and tiny VM images for, just refreshed tuesday:
> 
> https://landley.net/toybox/downloads/binaries/0.8.9/
> https://landley.net/toybox/downloads/binaries/mkroot/0.8.9/
> 
> (The sh2eb isn't a VM, it's a physical board I have here...)
> 
> There is definitely interest in this architecture. I'm aware Rich hasn't been
> the most responsive maintainer. (I'm told he's on vacation with his family at
> the moment, according to the text I got about this issue from the J-core
> hardware guys in Japan.)

Well, maybe we can just give it a try together ...

> The main reason we haven't converted everything to device tree is we only have
> access to test hardware for a subset of the boards. Pruning the list of
> supported boards and converting the rest to device tree might make sense. We can
> always add/convert boards back later...

There is a patch by Yoshinori Sato which adds device tree support to SH. Maybe we
can revive it.

Adrian

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