On 06/11/2021 21:13, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 8:33 PM Heiko Stübner <heiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Am Samstag, 6. November 2021, 19:20:05 CET schrieb Krzysztof Kozlowski: >>> On 05/11/2021 18:49, Cedric Roux wrote: >>>> >>>> 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. > > Yes, and this would be similar to what we've done for mach-imx and > mach-omap2 in the past. > > However, I think the Cragganmore/Speyside board that Mark mentioned > is not in the category of easily converted machines, so leaving only the > DT-enabled machines around would not help him. > > If this is actually the case, one other possibility would be to remove > all the board files except for that one, in the hope that the transformation > (even a partial one) to DT becomes easier when there is no risk of > breaking other machines. Dropping board files would be a nice step but only a half-way, because we could not remove the S3C support from the drivers. The platform to stay should have either: 1. real users in the production who need updates or 2. hackers who have hardware, like to play with it and will do the testing/development. In the second case (the hackers) having only the hardware but not testing or running newest kernels does not revive the platform from the almost-dead stage. Best regards, Krzysztof
