Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:48:33 +0300 | From | Andy Shevchenko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 00/15] ARM: oxnas support removal |
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On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 06:58:25PM +0200, Neil Armstrong wrote: > With [1] removing MPCore SMP support, this makes the OX820 barely usable, > associated with a clear lack of maintainance, development and migration to > dt-schema it's clear that Linux support for OX810 and OX820 should be removed. > > In addition, the OX810 hasn't been booted for years and isn't even present > in an ARM config file. > > For the OX820, lack of USB and SATA support makes the platform not usable > in the current Linux support and relies on off-tree drivers hacked from the > vendor (defunct for years) sources. > > The last users are in the OpenWRT distribution, and today's removal means > support will still be in stable 6.1 LTS kernel until end of 2026. > > If someone wants to take over the development even with lack of SMP, I'll > be happy to hand off maintainance. > > It has been a fun time adding support for this architecture, but it's time > to get over! > > Now arch/arm parts are removed, now it's time to remove the remaining stuff.
For all non-DT patches Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>
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-- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
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