On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 09:37:40AM +0200, Heiko Schocher wrote: > Hello Christophe, > > Am 13.06.2017 um 07:40 schrieb Christophe LEROY: > > > > > >Le 13/06/2017 à 07:26, Christophe LEROY a écrit : > >>There was for long time no activity in the 8xx area. > >>We need to go further and convert to Kconfig, but it > >>turned out, nobody is interested anymore in 8xx, > >>so remove it (with a heavy heart, knowing that I remove > >>here the root of U-Boot). > >> > >>Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher <h...@denx.de> > >> > > > >Please don't do that. > > Tom already applied the patch to mainline ... > > >As you can see in Linux kernel activity, there have been a lot activity > >related to the 8xx, > >including but not limited to: > >1/ HW Crypto for the 885 (Talitos SEC1) > >2/ TX NAPI in the 8xx Ethernet driver > >3/ Scatter/Gather support in the 8xx Ethernet driver > >4/ Hugepages > >5/ Perf events > >6/ hw breakpoints > >7/ Linear memory mapping via Large TLBs > > Thats linux ... not u-boot! > > >The followings links give an overview of the activity: > > > >https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/log/drivers/crypto/talitos.c > >https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/log/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c > > > >https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/log/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S > > > >https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/log/arch/powerpc/mm/8xx_mmu.c > > > >We have thousands of boards with mpc885 running and requiring support for at > >least the next 10 years. > > Ok, nice to hear! > > >How can the 8xx survive without U-boot support ? > > Tom asked (I think a lot of times) regarding converting mpc8xx to > Kconfig / DM and nobody did the necessary steps. We also asked > our customers if they can do the necessary changes, none was interested. > > So, if you need mpc8xx support in U-Boot, simply add it again with > Kconfig and DM support included!
To be clear, you can also drop out the parts you don't need, but, yes, I would be happy to see someone actively maintain the mpc8xx support. Thanks! -- Tom
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