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    SubjectRe: CRIS port status, was: [PATCH] dump_stack: convert generic dump_stack into a weak symbol
    On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 03:09:27PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
    > On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:40 PM, Sergey Senozhatsky
    > <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> wrote:
    > > On (03/07/18 13:48), Arnd Bergmann wrote:
    > > [..]
    > >> >
    > >> > I can easily stop building blackfin - and, if the intention is to
    > >> > remove it, there is not much point in wasting resources building it any
    > >> > anyway.
    > >>
    > >> Right. At the moment, the plan is to remove metag, score, unicore32,
    > >> m32r, frv and blackfin. If you are building any more of those, you can
    > >> stop that as well.
    > >>
    > >> The fate of tile and mn10300 is still open, but I suspect they won't
    > >> last long either.
    > >
    > > That's a huge list.
    > >
    > > I heard that CRIS is having some problems as well:
    > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/11/403
    >
    > Interesting. I thought I looked at cris when I made the list and found that
    > it was still (semi-)regularly updated, so I assumed it was still needed.

    Yeah, I've tried to keep it chugging along, but as I mentioned
    in that thread, time and working hardware are running low.

    I've not heard of anyone using real CRIS-hardware with mainline
    releases for a couple of years now (except me :-)

    > Jesper/Mikael: If you are considering to drop the port, I think it
    > would make sense to do it at the same time as the others, so feel
    > free to send me a removal pull request for 4.17 that I'll merge with
    > the other removal patches, or I can offer to remove it myself.

    I'm having mixed feelings, but I think it's time for Linux to
    drop the CRIS-port. I'll prepare some patches for you in the CRIS-tree.

    > Obviously if your plans have changed in the meantime and you
    > prefer to keep it for a while longer, just let me know and I'll document
    > the state in the tag description for the arch removal for future reference.
    >
    > If we remove cris, it's probably also appropriate to ask the question
    > about microblaze: Michal, I know your work on microblaze linux has
    > been winding down over the years as the user base shrinks (just
    > like for all others above). Should we keep it for a few more years for
    > the remaining users, or is it time to let go? I would guess we still
    > have active users on modern kernels, but that's what I thought
    > about cris as well ;-)
    >
    > Arnd

    /^JN - Jesper Nilsson
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    Jesper Nilsson -- jesper.nilsson@axis.com

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