On Wed, 2014-01-15 at 12:04 +0100, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
Dear Holger,
In message 52D64089.6070207@keymile.com you wrote:
This commit removes support for the Freescale MPC82xx Power Architecture processors, i. e. MPC8240, MPC8245, MPC8247, MPC8248, MPC8250, MPC8255, MPC8260, MPC8265, MPC8266, MPC8272, MPC8280, ...
They have been out of production for years, and no active users left here. As some boards start causing problems, let's drop the obsolete and now dead code.
thats not valid for us. Our mgcoge3ne target which comes with a MPC8247 is still in production and maintained. If you look at the git log of
Argh... Can you foresee how much longer this hardware is likely to be maintained?
So isn't it possible to remove only the broken boards and keep the generic parts?
Yes, this would be possible, too. But then, it appears you are the only remaining active user of MPC82xx. OK, MPC8247 is actually still marked as "active" at Freescale, soory I missed that - the MPC824x types I checked were in "No Longer Manufactured" state.
I see plenty of mpc82xx listed as active on freescale.com, e.g.: http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8272&t... http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8280&t... http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8248&t... http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8245&t...
Likewise for 8xx.
It does appear that MPC8240 is "No Longer Manufactured" and MPC8241 is "Not Recommended for New Design".
Of course, whether a particular piece of code has anyone willing to maintain it is a separate question.
-Scott