Received: by 2002:a05:6a10:2785:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id ia5csp1856795pxb; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:48:48 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxFaor21zR+HAR9kTM3HC9wBbtqxQ8RhSA2R0ZTQhi+J3HzeVgtMW4aItqnnxO93p2Whd3k X-Received: by 2002:aa7:cfd7:: with SMTP id r23mr11990365edy.298.1610315328562; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:48:48 -0800 (PST) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1610315328; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=nQvkqgsFRbBy/xEcyrL6U9HUAUe8J2OIwzrw9NKiC9oPsMivZjw66QoXE0/77AwFSy 3pNANMB+x6TuWKE6XknyouTJ5C0P5rbjLg9Dhx6yVNUI0i/ISp0OTUARCEXKENFg4290 DT9iW+SbSNCJroFp//+TgQws8ypK9KsqtKn4wG9ckmLlc/A8S4wRBYUEgr282FE5rURX My79CHWqLXYuhbDXx1qEwkLiES+aRv46Di0OWyBErUdF0BDX4ODIpI7nUqz3Gm98NQSP A+cSjRzSlxQw9mjlPEK8B1JJKV/jcmFlO15gg4jRlE14+qyoROMRnjyWtEMwHxY3W9cs DYqQ== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=list-id:precedence:in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version :references:message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date; bh=kKqMe/SviKgI4MbUf1e7P8ugzJvGk+bLl9FyGYV7rDE=; b=wElrNv/Kdyqg/UbamqxiiV0Tui+XoaUL7oLcrvSPDOzhCuweYHkLVhLMWlf4udpZXR sx7VslLWZXE1l78ZCBM6FrvzT85OblAyuDJV8jH0++P1t6Q40gFrVUQeF4f7kvOKlx1+ Gql4Cpigt3Otjr2Hu7tzWWkltpItuZvf90O/6KKtx4lz7ofOONIcwGTbExmWeitFDqR3 /rHPSPvlmmbjFPFc1czFBbMRlUMlKF6jDUznE6WKS+COag2tI2GjlgAcP+YnlPDJd4RU JzGdIMKF/HBJbXTdzHHvKUw+5Ylgi4J9bos+hdP7wP6BflSHlmbf15XkA2jVw+h/SxWe xdnw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [23.128.96.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id c20si6015501edw.222.2021.01.10.13.48.24; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:48:48 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) client-ip=23.128.96.18; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726495AbhAJVrp (ORCPT + 99 others); Sun, 10 Jan 2021 16:47:45 -0500 Received: from asavdk3.altibox.net ([109.247.116.14]:42334 "EHLO asavdk3.altibox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726418AbhAJVro (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jan 2021 16:47:44 -0500 Received: from ravnborg.org (unknown [188.228.123.71]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by asavdk3.altibox.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1C3220026; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 22:46:55 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 22:46:53 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-m68k , Sparc kernel list , Linux-sh list Subject: Re: Old platforms: bring out your dead Message-ID: <20210110214653.GA1693373@ravnborg.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-CMAE-Score: 0 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=Ibmpp1ia c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=S6zTFyMACwkrwXSdXUNehg==:117 a=S6zTFyMACwkrwXSdXUNehg==:17 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=eJvET0_gvEmFwn2FNFsA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi all, > Hi Arnd! > > (Please let's have this cross-posted for more visibility. I only learned about this > while reading Phoronix news) > > > I also looked at non-ARM platforms while preparing for my article. Some of > > these look like they are no longer actively maintained or used, but I'm not > > doing anything about those unless the maintainers would like me to: > > > > * sparc/sun4m: A patch for removing 32-bit Sun sparc support (not LEON) > > is currently under review > > I don't think this has reached any agreement yet. Multiple people want it to stay. None of the people that replied have any real use of the sun4m port, they only wanted it to stay because they had some machines or such. In other words - people will be sad if we sunset sun4m, but it will not hurt anyone as there are no users left. I will include the above summary when I post v2 of the patch to sunset sun4m and sun4d. Then we will see what we conclude in the end. Right now in am in demolition mode as I have a new house that requires a total refactoring. So linux stuff is lower on the priority list so v2 will wait until I have time to do any necessary follow-up. Sam