On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 at 20:44, Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 1/22/2024 10:56 AM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 at 19:43, Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> On 1/22/2024 4:57 AM, Konrad Dybcio wrote: > >>> The SoC line was never productized, remove the maintenance burden. > >>> > >>> Compile-tested only. > >>> > >>> Signed-off-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>> --- > >>> Konrad Dybcio (2): > >>> pinctrl: qcom: Remove QDF2xxx support > >>> arm64: defconfig: Remove QDF24XX pinctrl > >>> > >>> arch/arm64/configs/defconfig | 1 - > >>> drivers/pinctrl/qcom/Kconfig.msm | 7 -- > >>> drivers/pinctrl/qcom/Makefile | 1 - > >>> drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-qdf2xxx.c | 164 --------------------------------- > >>> 4 files changed, 173 deletions(-) > >>> --- > >>> base-commit: 319fbd8fc6d339e0a1c7b067eed870c518a13a02 > >>> change-id: 20240122-topic-qdf_cleanup_pinctrl-98e17cdb375b > >>> > >>> Best regards, > >> > >> NACK. > >> > >> This was productized, there are some out in the wild, and the platform > >> is still in (limited) use. > >> > >> I'd like to see support hang around for a few more years yet. > > > > The problem is that... its support is pretty strange. I can see > > pinctrl, ethernet and quirks for the platform in GIC-ITS and PL011 > > drivers. Is this enough to get the platform into the useful state? I > > can imagine that "QCOM2430" ACPI handle was used for USB hosts on that > > platform, but I don't remember when we last tested DWC3 with the ACPI. > > > > So, all this boils down to the question whether mainline (or something > > close by, LTS for example) is actually used and tested on these > > devices? > > Its an ACPI system, so you won't see all of the fun DTisms of a MSM chip. > > The platform was fully functional upstream, and had an Ubuntu > certification. I run Ubuntu on the two that I have in my office. I > haven't strictly checked out mainline in a while, but I could. I still > have access to the documentation. > > There is a small, but active set of users including myself. From what > I've seen, they've been happy with things. Thanks for the information! It looks like it has a small but stable user base. I think we should keep it, maybe ensuring that we are able to test the kernel. -- With best wishes Dmitry
