On 6/30/23 11:57, Ian Abbott wrote: > On 29/06/2023 21:13, Denis Orlov wrote: >> The architecture was removed back in the commit efccc13513, however some >> drivers that were available exclusively for NIOS2 were left over. As it >> has been impossible to compile those since then, it seems reasonable to >> just get rid of them. >> >> Signed-off-by: Denis Orlov <denorl2009@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/serial/Kconfig | 10 -- >> drivers/serial/Makefile | 2 - >> drivers/serial/serial_altera.c | 94 ----------- >> drivers/serial/serial_altera_jtag.c | 99 ------------ >> drivers/spi/Kconfig | 4 - >> drivers/spi/Makefile | 1 - >> drivers/spi/altera_spi.c | 236 ---------------------------- >> 7 files changed, 446 deletions(-) >> delete mode 100644 drivers/serial/serial_altera.c >> delete mode 100644 drivers/serial/serial_altera_jtag.c >> delete mode 100644 drivers/spi/altera_spi.c > > As a point of interest, none of those drivers should really depend on NIOS2. They are usable on an ARM SoCFPGA system if the FPGA logic contains the corresponding Altera/Intel IP components. > > Whether or not anyone needs them in barebox is another matter, but I have certainly used them in ARM SoCFPGA Linux systems booted from barebox. > Hmm, maybe those drivers should rather depend on ARCH_SOCFPGA then? Would be great if someone tested them in barebox running on a SoCFPGA. Otherwise, they are just rotting in the source tree, with no actual usage. Regards, Denis
