Hi Dave and Andreas. Starting a new thread to get some visibility. Arnd wrote: > Regarding arch/sparc long-term, I think it would be good > if Andreas Larsson could take over as (co-)maintainer, > as he's currently maintaining out-of-tree support for > leon3/4/5 > My impression from those patches is that they should > pretty much all just get merged anyway. I would also > suggest raising the minimum SPARC32 level to that of > leon3 (SPARCv8e with CAS), which is what glibc requires > anyway for futex(). Andreas wrote: > Hi, > I feel honored to be suggested for such a responsibility. I could in the > long term be available for a role as some kind of SPARC (co-)maintainer, > with backing from my organization. My SPARC experience is mainly with > SPARC32 rather than SPARC64, so discussing a co-maintainership with a > SPARC32 focus would feel natural as a start. I do not have much in terms > of SPARC64 or non-LEON SPARC32 hardware available for testing. > Has someone reached out to Dave? I think discussions like these might > be better served in a thread of its own. See full thread here: https://lore.kernel.org/sparclinux/030e57e1-13a0-4c62-8302-2b0008c6e92e@xxxxxxxxxxx/T/#t We are in the need of someone that can pick up the sparc patches that floats around and push them towards Linus - they are often lingering until Andrew or Arnd picks them, but having a more direct route would be nice. I am happy to assist with reviews for the areas I have some experience with, as I still feel a bit love for the sparc stuff. But cannot commit to more than that as this is all in my free time. Thoughts? Sam
