Am Dienstag, 2. November 2021, 12:05:19 CET schrieb Krzysztof Kozlowski: > The Samsung S3C24xx and S3C64xx platforms are very old designs. S3C2416 > was introduced in 2008 and S3C6410 in 2009/2010. They are not widely > available anymore - out-of-stock on FriendlyArm (one of manufacturers of > boards) and only few specialist stores still offer them for quite a high > price. > > The community around these platforms was not very active, so I suspect > no one really uses them anymore. Maintenance takes precious time so > there is little sense in keeping them alive if there are no real users. > > Let's mark all S3C24xx and S3C64xx platforms as deprecated and mention > possible removal in one year (after 2022). The deprecation message will > be as text in Kconfig, build message (not a warning though) and runtime > print error. > > If there are any users, they might respond and postpone the removal. > > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> s3c2416/s3c2450 was my entry into kernel development, so I have an emotional connection to it ;-) - and also still hold onto a stash of devices. Nevertheless personally I don't see myself finding the time to continue working on those platforms (or the s3c2443-based Openmoko Freerunner I also still have), because as you said those platforms are so old. So Acked-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/arm/Kconfig | 7 ++++++- > arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c64xx | 7 ++++++- > arch/arm/mach-s3c/cpu.c | 1 + > arch/arm/mach-s3c/init.c | 2 ++ > arch/arm/mach-s3c/s3c24xx.c | 5 +++++ > arch/arm/mach-s3c/s3c64xx.c | 5 +++++ > 6 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig > index f0f9e8bec83a..bd8237c7e7f1 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig > @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ config ARCH_SA1100 > Support for StrongARM 11x0 based boards. > > config ARCH_S3C24XX > - bool "Samsung S3C24XX SoCs" > + bool "Samsung S3C24XX SoCs (deprecated, see help)" > select ATAGS > select CLKSRC_SAMSUNG_PWM > select GPIO_SAMSUNG > @@ -491,6 +491,11 @@ config ARCH_S3C24XX > (<http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/EB110ITX/>), the IPAQ 1940 or the > Samsung SMDK2410 development board (and derivatives). > > + The platform is deprecated and scheduled in removal. Please reach to > + the maintainers of the platform and linux-samsung-soc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx if > + you still use it. > + Without such feedback, the platform will be removed after 2022. > + > config ARCH_OMAP1 > bool "TI OMAP1" > depends on MMU > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c64xx b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c64xx > index f3fcb570edf5..3b090ae72bbd 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c64xx > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c64xx > @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ > # Simtec Electronics, Ben Dooks <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > menuconfig ARCH_S3C64XX > - bool "Samsung S3C64XX" > + bool "Samsung S3C64XX (deprecated, see help)" > depends on ARCH_MULTI_V6 > select ARM_AMBA > select ARM_VIC > @@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ menuconfig ARCH_S3C64XX > help > Samsung S3C64XX series based systems > > + The platform is deprecated and scheduled in removal. Please reach to > + the maintainers of the platform and linux-samsung-soc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx if > + you still use it. > + Without such feedback, the platform will be removed after 2022. > + > if ARCH_S3C64XX > > # Configuration options for the S3C6410 CPU > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/cpu.c b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/cpu.c > index 6e9772555f0d..3b16cf42910f 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/cpu.c > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/cpu.c > @@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ void __init s3c64xx_init_cpu(void) > } > > pr_info("Samsung CPU ID: 0x%08lx\n", samsung_cpu_id); > + pr_err("The platform is deprecated and scheduled in removal. Please reach to the maintainers of the platform and linux-samsung-soc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx if you still use it. Without such feedback, the platform will be removed after 2022.\n"); > } > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/init.c b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/init.c > index 9d92f03e9bc1..5db7dc54340c 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/init.c > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/init.c > @@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ void __init s3c_init_cpu(unsigned long idcode, > > if (cpu->map_io) > cpu->map_io(); > + > + pr_err("The platform is deprecated and scheduled in removal. Please reach to the maintainers of the platform and linux-samsung-soc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx if you still use it. Without such feedback, the platform will be removed after 2022.\n"); > } > > /* s3c24xx_init_clocks > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/s3c24xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/s3c24xx.c > index ccfed48c98aa..2ea1cb21dfbc 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/s3c24xx.c > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/s3c24xx.c > @@ -678,3 +678,8 @@ struct platform_device s3c2410_device_dclk = { > }, > }; > #endif > + > +#pragma message "The platform is deprecated and scheduled in removal (see platform help). " \ > + "Please reach to the maintainers of the platform " \ > + "and linux-samsung-soc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx if you still use it." \ > + "Without such feedback, the platform will be removed after 2022." > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/s3c64xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/s3c64xx.c > index 4dfb648142f2..3e248f0e96a2 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/s3c64xx.c > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/s3c64xx.c > @@ -425,3 +425,8 @@ static int __init s3c64xx_init_irq_eint(void) > return 0; > } > arch_initcall(s3c64xx_init_irq_eint); > + > +#pragma message "The platform is deprecated and scheduled in removal (see platform help). " \ > + "Please reach to the maintainers of the platform " \ > + "and linux-samsung-soc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx if you still use it." \ > + "Without such feedback, the platform will be removed after 2022." >
