[RFC 0/4] convert stmp into mxs and delete the obsolete platform

Shawn Guo shawn.guo at freescale.com
Mon Apr 18 00:18:07 EDT 2011


Hi Wolfram,

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 04:30:34AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> I tried a smaller scaled cleanup before, but now that there are talks about ARM
> consolidation everywhere, I'll be more brave :)
> 
> What we have here is consolidation of two platforms. The older one, plat-stmp,
> has never seen much love after the initial commit and has poor design as stated
> in the patch descriptions. The recently added mach-mxs can be used for a
> (friendly) takeover. Adding 130 lines there could save 9500+ lines in arch/arm!
> 
> The drawback sofar is getting an ack from the old submitters of the code. I
> tried contacting Dmitry and a generic address at EmbeddedAlley and they were
> all bounced. However, while EmbeddedAlley was bought by Mentor, also Sigmatel
> was bought by Freescale. I guess Freescale does have more interest in the code
> than Mentor, so I'll try adding Shawn Guo to CC and hope for his ack.
> 
You are doing something that I have been intending to do for some
while.  I think you are doing the right thing at the right time ;)
Let me know if you need any help.

Acked-by: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo at freescale.com>

-- 
Regards,
Shawn




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