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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Remove support for TX49xx
From:   Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
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Hi Geert!

On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 09:37:11 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> CC Nemoto-san (de-facto TX49XX maintainer)
> 
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 3:03 PM Thomas Bogendoerfer
> <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de> wrote:
>> I couldn't find any buyable product other than reference boards using
>> TX49xx CPUs. And since nobody showed interest in keeping support for
>> it, it's time to remove it.
> 
> I have an RBTX4927 development board in my board farm, boot-test every
> bi-weekly renesas-drivers release on it, and fix kernel issues when they
> appear.
> 
> Is that sufficient to keep it?

It have been about 10 years since last time I see any TX49 board :-)

AFAIK Geert is the last user of TX49 SoC.
I'm OK with whole TX49xx (and TX39xx) removal if Geert (or any other
users) agreed.

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Atsushi Nemoto