[PATCH v2 0/5] ARM: imx: Remove board files

Shawn Guo shawnguo at kernel.org
Sat Sep 5 03:35:05 EDT 2020


On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 09:49:47AM -0300, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> This is a first pass converting i.MX to a devicetree-only platform.
> 
> i.MX board files have been primarily receiving only tree-wide API
> cleanups and does not appear to have real users.
> 
> i.MX27, i.MX31 and i.MX35 have basic devicetree support and users
> can improve devicetree support if needed.
> 
> i.MX21 has not been converted to device tree yet, so drop its support.
> 
> Of course if someone is interested in using i.MX21 with a mainline kernel,
> patches that add i.MX21 devicetree support will be welcome.
> 
> For maintainance perspective, it is easier to treat i.MX as a devicetree-only
> platform, so remove the board files to achieve this end goal.
> 
> Changes since v1:
> 
> Changes since v1:
> - Rename imx27-dt.c => mach-imx27.c
>  	 imx31-dt.c => mach-imx31.c
> 	 imx35-dt.c => mach-imx35.c
>  for consistency among the other i.MX SoCs.
> 
> Fabio Estevam (5):
>   ARM: imx: Remove imx21 support
>   ARM: imx: Remove i.MX27 board files
>   ARM: imx: Remove i.MX31 board files
>   ARM: imx: Remove i.MX35 board files
>   ARM: imx: Remove ehci board files

Applied all, thanks.



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