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

[Lukasz Majewski]

Hi Arnd,

> 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? 

Last time it was from 2.6.2X to 4.14 LTS ...

> 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.

I could easily get updated the customer's board to the DT if at least
one ep93xx is in tree (as it is based on TS7250).

However, I cannot predict when the new BSP (with new Kernel) will be
required .... 

> 
>        Arnd
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20220704120749.7a742c2c@redslave.neermore.group/




Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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