[PATCH 06/13] ARM: ep93xx: mark most board files as unused

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 10:04 AM Lukasz Majewski <lukma at denx.de> wrote:
> > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> >
> > Most of the remaining ARM board files in the kernel have no known
> > users, and we plan to remove those in early 2023.
> >
> > For ep93xx, Alexander Sverdlin still has access to the edb93xx family
> > of reference boards, while Nikita Shubin has a ts7250 and is working
> > on a device tree conversion for those.
>
> I do know about one actively used TS7250 based board. It is going to be
> still used for some time. However, I don't have the HW with me, but may
> be available when the BSP will be refurbished.

Ok, thanks for the information. It sounds like an increasing argument
for doing a DT conversion after all. How often does the BSP get a new
kernel? I think Nikita's DT conversion for ts7250 (see [1]) shouldn't
be too hard to port from 5.11 to 5.20+, as most of the patches just
introduce driver support. The multiplatform conversion in 5.19 hopefully
made things a bit easier but likely also requires a few extra changes.

       Arnd

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