On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:44:46 +0200 Arnd Bergmann arnd@xxxxxxxx wrote: >On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 12:12 AM Anatolij Gustschin <agust@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:39:56 +0200 >> Arnd Bergmann arnd@xxxxxxxx wrote: >> ... >> >Grant Likely was the original maintainer for MPC52xx until 2011, >> >Anatolij Gustschin is still listed as maintainer since then but hasn't >> >been active in it for a while either. Anatolij can probably best judge >> >which of these boards are still in going to be used with future kernels, >> >but I suspect once you start removing bits from 52xx, the newer >> >but less common 512x platform can go away as well. >> >> many of these boards are still used, i.e. o2d*, digsy_mtc, tqm5200. > >Just for clarification, I assume when you say "still used" that implies >getting updated to new kernels rather than just running the old BSPs, >right? yes, at least some of them. I used v5.4 kernel on digsy_mtc and tqm5200 last year, and v5.10 kernel is also known to work. >What are the typical distro release cycles for those machines >you list: do you move from one LTS kernel to the next each year, >or are they getting more sporadic over time? these machines are in embedded systems and do not get regular distro updates, therefore more sporadic over time. >Do you expect the machines with the lowest memory such as the >32MB digsy to stop getting kernel updates before the others? No. There are also digsy variants with 256MiB DRAM. Thanks, Anatolij
