Am Samstag, 6. November 2021, 19:20:05 CET schrieb Krzysztof Kozlowski: > On 05/11/2021 18:49, Cedric Roux wrote: > > On 11/2/21 12:05 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > >> If there are any users, they might respond and postpone the removal. > > > > Hi Krzysztof, > > > > I use a mini2440 (which is s3c2440) as an http server at home. > > I don't have much time but I can do some testing from time to > > time, but my setup is very custom so I don't know how helpful > > that would be for the community (if there is one). > > We just need to know whether the kernel behaves properly on the > hardware. The setup itself should not matter, but what matters more is > that you do not run a new kernel at all. There is a lot of untested code > there. > > > > > I would be sad to see official support disappear, but I know > > how hard it is to maintain stuff, and I think I can keep going > > with the current kernel I use (which is not even 5.xx I think), > > so that would not be a big damage for me. And if I have special > > needs in the future (very doubtful) I guess I could hack something > > on my own. > > > > Anyway, there is at least one s3c2440 server on Earth powered > > by the linux kernel. Now you know! :) > > Thanks for coming back! We will see how much of feedback we gather. I do believe all (or at least most) of s3c24xx could run with a devicetree base with core peripherals enabled. So one possible alternative way could be to just deprecate (and then drop) all the board-files + their platform-data parts in mach-s3c. Heiko
