On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 10:34 AM Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > With [1] removing MPCore SMP support, this makes the OX820 barely usable, > associated with a clear lack of maintainance, development and migration to > dt-schema it's clear that Linux support for OX810 and OX820 should be removed. > > In addition, the OX810 hasn't been booted for years and isn't even present > in an ARM config file. > > For the OX820, lack of USB and SATA support makes the platform not usable > in the current Linux support and relies on off-tree drivers hacked from the > vendor (defunct for years) sources. > > The last users are in the OpenWRT distribution, and today's removal means > support will still be in stable 6.1 LTS kernel until end of 2026. > > If someone wants to take over the development even with lack of SMP, I'll > be happy to hand off maintainance. > > The plan is to apply the first 4 patches first, then the drivers > followed by bindings. Finally the MAINTAINANCE entry can be removed. > > I'm not sure about the process of bindings removal, but perhaps the bindings > should be marked as deprecated first then removed later on ? > > It has been a fun time adding support for this architecture, but it's time > to get over! > > Patch 2 obviously depends on [1]. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230327121317.4081816-1-arnd@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> Yours, Linus Walleij
