From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 746F7C4338F for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 11:41:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5762460BD3 for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 11:41:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S235737AbhHCLlN (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Aug 2021 07:41:13 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:44726 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S235596AbhHCLlM (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Aug 2021 07:41:12 -0400 Received: from mail-ej1-x62f.google.com (mail-ej1-x62f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::62f]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 87BF4C061757 for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 04:41:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ej1-x62f.google.com with SMTP id hs10so27238462ejc.0 for ; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 04:41:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=UTH1xriYdp7u5xYL3QfzWmKRaaFC9ziEV6g6dXWdnAA=; b=tgjPUlEFLS9R3pe1i23bVN9uFNo5sB8O4gOOXAhmPTwVrZrVq+R0HvfFC7tCxJMGS0 wiQmMdBJ7Qjs8IxqQ+Kk/XPsRmKOP2ZL14CDSP5EJahGpBhZxGqN+9OziIl5Yg45A85I 5KfD8GlzssfveCwgOsgys80okroPvFFEkPF6mb1t0cW3CkOjQ9G8cWdaCQuhdirdHJGI JlTGf8jCSLZDGkdgMDG7NLABtdeNCfzSvAPPQng1kCP8mzptXf9k8jKgq6wMbyO1zWgz V/9Sa9moikRXguzOELOnYVB9mR75hUpcA59WfzrXQ2WZaagQPmNKgDsy97rVMTJMgRri ku0A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=UTH1xriYdp7u5xYL3QfzWmKRaaFC9ziEV6g6dXWdnAA=; b=t0b7e6SkBfviNIdhgPw42Blnk6YiiQjLiHZk0pmJQ5EHnhbdcbUi1e7IOfCl6i084H KdT4n/+ie/Bvf+RcTWDt2Gqmwl9x+st4c4UMTH+NWyjpyuf5g4lnO5q2zoIPOUDsYc9t kbvvOUySzbfQ1xc6g9FZeyxYxuJxpeyXnnYgX6UvhIgyJMDjURWpLu9V6x7yX/SmBZoc 4pl7ZML6aqvCwf+ib2A8wlUuZ/6W6v+i+mB3GNhwrJUf1ZdMgn+gZyALvOaz2ja8aHvA GxGt75o/XdkuAkf0K8xTEsorRDzRSkHRKwb8yXn9flNED544k6T62xUzVVcgG+ckVb5X CxpA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533CZHcEp02F5fiE18Enf0U7IQT74eP+qpzNpITB2RMDamYWyqc6 0LViwj+dBC+hWRjSxLdgcGa02LhsRvsTMZxCmXM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJx+oRy7TDwar4JICPJWtGOTCfgTSmYrsw5qbLO26sc9JEqhl7vCfDGC77LJsFULHHYzz9kc6ojyUInie41FksE= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:4d12:: with SMTP id r18mr19569693eju.537.1627990859185; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 04:40:59 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a17:906:3018:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 04:40:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20210802141245.1146772-1-arnd@kernel.org> From: Martin Guy Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 13:40:58 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: ep93xx: remove MaverickCrunch support To: Arnd Bergmann List-Id: Cc: Russell King , Hartley Sweeten , Alexander Sverdlin , soc@kernel.org, Nikita Shubin , Arnd Bergmann , Oleg Nesterov , Hubert Feurstein , Lukasz Majewski , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Nathan Chancellor , Nick Desaulniers , Linus Walleij , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I forward opinion from people currently producing and supporting EP93XX boa= rds: From: Technologic Systems Support Team To: martinwguy@gmail.com Cc: jerome.oufella@savoirfairelinux.com > I expect our customers would care if support was dropped. > Unfortunately I don't know to what extent. I'd like to bring > Jerome Oufella of Savoir Faire Linux into the conversation here, > as he runs the software company who most of our customers > contract through when they need a modern Linux kernel running > on one of our Cirrus Logic EP93XX series single board computers. > I expect his opinion will be more valuable than mine. =E2=80=8B> > Good morning Jerome, > > A member of the Linux Kernel Development community reached out > to us this morning letting us know the community has suggested > dropping support for the MavericCrunch FPU on the EP9302 processor. > Would this impact any of the development your team has been doing > for some of our mutual customers? From: Jerome Oufella > I am aware of a few companies who rely on variants of the TS-7250 > running not-too-old LTS releases (4.19, 5.4) to cope with their patch pol= icies. > > With Linux 5.10 being the next "Super LTS", this presumably brings its > support lifespan until about 2030, which (I believe) they would be > comfortable with considering the age of the platform. > > Jerome Oufella > Vice-President, Technologies > www.savoirfairelinux.com