[PATCH 0/4] Fix omap-iommu bitrot
Sicelo
absicsz at gmail.com
Wed Oct 30 06:28:13 PDT 2024
Hi
On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 01:38:11PM +0100, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 12:20:31PM +0100, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> > Why that? There was a discussion and everyone agreed to remove omap2,
> > but not omap3 and later.
>
> I raised this question to make sure the things we maintain are still
> relevant. Developer and maintainers time is limited and we should not
> spend it on stuff that nobody uses.
>
> > There are some devices besides the PandaBoard. I am aware of these where
> > this is relevant: Epson BT200, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, Pyra Handheld
> > (in production) and we are currently thinking about producing a tiny series
> > of the DM3730 based GTA04A5 with spare parts.
> >
> > And of course we want to participate from the latest and greatest upstream changes.
>
> Okay, if there are still real users for latest mainline kernels on this
> hardware, then the effort is justified.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joerg
There is also the Nokia N900 phone (OMAP3) still seeing mainline
activity, as well as the Motorola Droid 4 (OMAP4), to name a few. I will
also be testing on the N900 around the weekend.
Thanks to everyone for the amazing work.
Sincerely
Sicelo
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