* Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> [160902 07:05]: > On Thursday, September 1, 2016 8:40:57 AM CEST Tony Lindgren wrote: > > * Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> [160816 08:53]: > > > The following changes since commit 79cdad3635b3a253d712aba115fa274ef94a8c6b: > > > > > > ir-rx51: use hrtimer instead of dmtimer (2016-06-29 21:54:35 -0700) > > > > > > are available in the git repository at: > > > > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap tags/omap-for-v4.8/legacy-signed > > > > > > for you to fetch changes up to e92fc4f04a34a407f5ff8acaa13127c62b7bec07: > > > > > > ARM: OMAP2+: Drop legacy board file for LDP (2016-07-10 23:47:38 -0700) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Remove the last two legacy board-*.c files for omap3 for legacy > > > booting for v4.8 to allow making mach-omap2 device tree only for > > > v4.9. > > > > > > We've had Nokia N900 and omap3 LDP board-*.c files remaining > > > while other omap3 devices have been device tree only for quite > > > a while now. Also N900 and LDP have had device tree based booting > > > working for years now, but few drivers for N900 were still only > > > working in legacy only mode until recently. With the remaining > > > issues out of the way, we discussed on the mailing lists that > > > we're finally OK to remove the remaining board-*.c files. > > > > > > For the timing of this pull request, I wanted to wait until > > > v4.8-rc1 is out to make sure the legacy booting still works fine > > > after the merge window before doing it. > > > > > > And for v4.8, let's not touch any other platform data in case we > > > still need to revert for some reason. This makes the revert just a > > > question of adding back the legacy board-*.c files. > > > > > > Then if no issues, we can remove the unused remaining platform > > > data later on for v4.9. > > > > Naturally this can wait for v4.9 merge window too if considered > > too intrusive this late. > > I'd prefer to do it as a cleanup for 4.9, and added the pull > request to my todo folder for that now, will get to it along > with the other pull requests. Sure thanks. Let's just not touch any of the now unused platform data until v4.10 then. Otherwise we'll fast reach a point of no return without reverting large patches. Regards, Tony -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
