Re: Request for pre-review of pending MID removal patch series

[Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 4:43 PM Mika Westerberg
<mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 07:59:29PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > +Cc: Mika
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 8:07 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > There is a pending patch series [1] to remove a lot of legacy code
> > > related to old Intel MID platforms. (Note, not all of them, since we
> > > have an ACPI based Intel Edison edition which continue working nicely
> > > after this)
> > >
> > > Most of the code is shuffling arch/x86 and the series is quite
> > > dependent on the contents of that folder (for the sake of
> > > bisectability). Since that the only way it would be integrated is
> > > through the tip tree I would like to have your preliminary review on
> > > other contents — #3 and #4 are PDx86 and GPIO subsystems. In this case
> > > I won't resend this many times.
> > >
> > > I have a preliminary offline agreement with Len Brown on SFI removal
> > > (#2 in the list).
> > >
> > > [1]: https://gitlab.com/andy-shev/next/-/commits/topic/mid-removal/
>
> Looks pretty good to me.

Thanks! Can I use your tag (which is better?) for some patches (which ones?)?

> I wonder it is possible to remove gma500 also
> or it is used in Edison?

It can be used on other platforms based on not-going-to-be-removed
Merrifield and possibly Moorefield.
Hence I would like to leave it for now.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko