Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755473AbbLBUiY (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Dec 2015 15:38:24 -0500 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch ([178.209.37.122]:52015 "EHLO vps0.lunn.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751881AbbLBUiX (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Dec 2015 15:38:23 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 21:38:10 +0100 From: Andrew Lunn To: Russell King - ARM Linux Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Gregory CLEMENT , Sebastian Hesselbarth , Detlef Vollmann , Benjamin Cama , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jason Cooper Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] ARM: orion5x/dove/mv78xx0 multiplatform Message-ID: <20151202203810.GH9866@lunn.ch> References: <1448466557-435335-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> <3059482.yN34NFeWWY@wuerfel> <20151202192825.GF8644@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <4984219.tZoFdLBDNB@wuerfel> <20151202202240.GH8644@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151202202240.GH8644@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1088 Lines: 24 On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 08:22:40PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 08:51:04PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > I'm mostly interested in it because it's the only ARMv7 platform that is > > left after my other patches, and I just want to be done with it after > > spending 5 years on it ;-) > > My understanding is that the long term goal is to delete mach-dove once > everyone has settled down into the mvebu DT world. > > Right now we have mvebu which covers Dove using DT. We have mach-dove > which is legacy non-DT Dove. > > It seems to me to be completely crazy to want to bring legacy code, which > is ultimately destined to be deleted, into multiplatform. I agree. We have multiplatform dove already, it is in mach-mvebu. Do we really need both mach-dove and mach-mvebu dove in one kernel? Andrew -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/