Hi Priyanka, On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 at 05:20, Priyanka Jain <priyanka.j...@nxp.com> wrote: > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Dan Malek <d6ma...@digitaldans.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 4:32 AM > >To: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> > >Cc: Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com>; U-Boot Mailing List <u- > >b...@lists.denx.de>; Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de>; > >christophe.le...@csgroup.eu; Mario Six <mario....@gdsys.cc>; Priyanka Jain > ><priyanka.j...@nxp.com> > >Subject: Re: PowerPC progress > > > > > >Hi Simon. > > > >> On Aug 3, 2020, at 11:01 AM, Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hi Tom, > >> > >> On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 at 12:54, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 12:43:59PM -0600, Simon Glass wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi Tom, > >>>> > >>>> I do see some progress with PowerPC migration but it seems to be > >>>> very behind. I notice that it is often PowerPC code that gets in the > >>>> way or refactoring and cleaning up. > >>>> > >>>> Could we get a progress update on this please? I cc'd the > >>>> maintainers that are mentioned in the code. I do worry at the effort > >>>> it is taking to keep all this old code in the tree. > >>> > >>> Which particular area are you worried about currently? I believe > >>> we've had another good sized removal of PowerPC platforms and > >>> everything that's left is what's wanted and being further migrated and > >updated. > >> > >> It's hard to be specific, but these come to mind: > >> > >> - Loads of CONFIG options still not in Kconfig > >> - asm/u-boot seems to include a huge array of headers > >> - code style not up-to-date - e.g. printf (xxx) instead of printf(xxx) > >> - lots of migration warnings > > > >I still have a few old boards, I’ll see what is still functional and jump in > >to > >assist. > >If we want to revive 82xx, as Wolfgang mentioned, I can probably do that as > >well. > > > >The list above is helpful to get started. > > > >Thanks. > > > > — Dan > > I am working on NXP powerpc platforms > We are working on a list (P1010, P1020, P2020, P2041, P3041, P4080, P5040, > T1024, T1042, T2080, T4240, MPC8548CDS) for which we are ensuring DM > migration and will remove the support of other platform which NXP no longer > intend to maintain. > Please expect the series of those patches by this month end.
OK thank you, that is encouraging. Regards, Simon
