Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 15:11:09 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Stanislav Galabov <sgalabov@gmail.com> Cc: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>, "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" <embedded@freebsd.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-mips@freebsd.org" <freebsd-mips@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Minor MIPS tree pruning Message-ID: <CANCZdfrk=MWr62yh096ZAVj8nyRzBLS-7GuGm03PCpVDet851w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANiSyhT1JErECS8UEhmCr9ekLtbZM-ijm2BzjoK1%2BwRpo1C8jA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANCZdfqXO-gCRh3BNvZJ2y8Yqtq2bmu4CJM%2Br0yXAy7GbeuC=g@mail.gmail.com> <20171230173004.5bdb22887a082063b697bccd@bidouilliste.com> <CANiSyhT1JErECS8UEhmCr9ekLtbZM-ijm2BzjoK1%2BwRpo1C8jA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 10:09 AM, Stanislav Galabov <sgalabov@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 6:30 PM, Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> > wrote: > > On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 01:10:11 -0700 > > Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > >> I'd like to propose that we eliminate support for the following before > the > >> FreeBSD 12 branch. > >> > >> adm5120 (most boards don't have enough memory, very old) > >> alchemy (the au1xxxx port never really was finished, and boards lack > >> memory, very old) > >> idt (only a few boards worked, most are long obsolete) > >> rt305x (raylink kit is now out dated, at least I think so) > > > > Olimex still sell rt5350 board (those two are quite the same SoC) : > > https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/RT5350F/ > RT5350F-OLinuXino/open-source-hardware > > > > I did port FreeBSD on it almost three years ago > > (https://www.bidouilliste.com/blog/2015/07/22/FreeBSD-on- > Olimex-RT5350F-OLinuXino/ > > ) but I don't remember if any of my code when into the tree but we have > > support from it based on the work from sgalabov@ > > > Yes, the Ralink chips, as well as the newer Mediatek > (post-acquisition) ones, are supported by the code in > sys/mips/mediatek. > The original idea was to have both sys/mips/mediatek and > sys/mips/rt305x for historical reasons and later on remove the rt305x > one if there are no objections. > Seeing as the mediatek support actually supports a lot more SoCs and > also supports FDT, I think this is still the way to go. so svn rm sys/mips/rt305x is in order? Warner > > It doesn't mean I've objecting to the removal, I have no interest in > > mips and I don't even know the actual support on it. > > > >> sibyte (long obsolete, hard to get hardware) > >> > >> I thought I'd post a heads up here before I proposed this list to arch@ > . > >> > >> We have enough exemplars these days we don't need to keep these older > ports > >> around as examples anymore, and I have my doubts if we even work on > these > >> boards anymore. > >> > >> If I'm wrong about these being old, or that FreeBSD is no longer > running on > >> them, please let me know. Thanks! > >> > >> Warner > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list > >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > -- > > Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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