On 2/13/24 21:11, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Tue, Feb 13, 2024, at 16:36, Guenter Roeck wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 03:14:21PM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote: >>> On Mon, 12 Feb 2024 at 14:36, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On 2/12/24 04:32, Peter Maydell wrote: >>>>> The machines I have in mind are: >>>>> >>>>> PXA2xx machines: >>>>> >>>>> akita Sharp SL-C1000 (Akita) PDA (PXA270) >>>>> borzoi Sharp SL-C3100 (Borzoi) PDA (PXA270) >>>>> connex Gumstix Connex (PXA255) >>>>> mainstone Mainstone II (PXA27x) >>>>> spitz Sharp SL-C3000 (Spitz) PDA (PXA270) >>>>> terrier Sharp SL-C3200 (Terrier) PDA (PXA270) >>>>> tosa Sharp SL-6000 (Tosa) PDA (PXA255) >>>>> verdex Gumstix Verdex Pro XL6P COMs (PXA270) >>>>> z2 Zipit Z2 (PXA27x) >>>>> >>>> I test akita, borzoi, spitz, and terrier. Upstream Linux removed support >>>> for mainstone, tosa, and z2 from the Linux kernel as of version 6.0, so > > It was 6.3 (about one year ago). > >>>> I am no longer testing those. >>>> >>>> I never managed to boot connex or verdex. > > I kept specifically the pxa boards that would be sensible to port > to devicetree because they had qemu support. gumstix verdex is the > one with the most RAM out of those; spitz, sharpsl and their > variants are the ones that some of us still have around. > > Robert had working devicetree support for some machines out of tree > that he has not submitted, and presumably not worked on since. > > Unless someone starts working on converting the remaining > pxa board files to DT, we can probably remove them after the > next LTS kernel a year from now. I agree. Once the machines are removed, people who were actively using them would be incentivized to work on a DT port. That's not very complicated to do when you have the hardware to test, but almost impossible if you don't. Best regards, Daniel
