Re: [PATCH 0/4] Remove Genesi Efika MX support

From: Shawn Guo
Date: Sun Aug 05 2012 - 22:07:06 EST


On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 12:49:27PM -0500, Matt Sealey wrote:
> In an effort to start afresh we are removing the "legacy" Efika MX support
> from the tree in this patch series so as to break ties with any non-device-tree
> code and minimize the possibility that there are two ways to build for our
> boards.
>
> Patches to support the board again with FDT (along with a matching U-Boot)
> are not ready for submission, but that doesn't block *this* submission. The
> number of users of 3.5 kernels on Genesi platforms is generally thought of
> as zero and no significant work or support has been committed to the platform
> in a long time. In our opinion, all efforts by external developers wishing to
> run modern kernels on Genesi Efika MX boards should be directed at device tree
> support for the MX51 platforms.
>
> Matt Sealey (4):
> efikamx: remove support for Genesi Efika MX from the build
> efikamx: remove Genesi Efika MX from the i.MX v6/v7 defconfig
> efikamx: remove Genesi Efika MX platform files from the tree
> efikamx: remove Efika MX-specific CHRGVBUS hack from the USB driver
>
> arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig | 2 -
> arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig | 26 --
> arch/arm/mach-imx/Makefile | 3 -
> arch/arm/mach-imx/efika.h | 10 -
> arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-mx51_efikamx.c | 300 ----------------
> arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-mx51_efikasb.c | 296 ---------------
> arch/arm/mach-imx/mx51_efika.c | 632 ---------------------------------
> drivers/usb/host/ehci-mxc.c | 20 --
> 8 files changed, 1289 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-imx/efika.h
> delete mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-mx51_efikamx.c
> delete mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-mx51_efikasb.c
> delete mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-imx/mx51_efika.c
>
I set up a branch imx/rm-boards and queued the series there. I expect
I will have some patches removing imx53 board files to be queued there
for 3.7 too.

--
Regards,
Shawn

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