From owner-freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Fri Jan 5 22:59:11 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mips@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AA01EA4A92 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2018 22:59:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-io0-x22b.google.com (mail-io0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1ABF63A17 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2018 22:59:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: by mail-io0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id e20so7293835iof.12 for ; Fri, 05 Jan 2018 14:59:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=q/zf99kna2m+uQdJittFjm1Y1aulItmdjlyBb86r8fk=; b=kz5fuZuKVME7xxGrWLfQfS/1fq+cm3gWe77xUpJjKPVcPZ8vb7UjDWzDYu94Oi0YN6 nDhR5PvbgUHsopexM+WK7vnsmwGpiyvOSVbl9f+ExVgWspLoebz3dtNCDs/4pcMp79Xl Ncj/lQFrFc6oS1EmsPpjX/Fxi2irjNyCGG2+M0yMdEHrclLw+O1+hk9WHKWBCpBnuspf LW/YQMlzNvHXuKr6XUhpuuPZufIMcL6QV6r/Kyx9d7fFax4ercn67WvvsLe7svePcDId aU0JXq8JJ54k5lbWXoIVOgtpqQkftVO/zOgkpce3/R+DhVeXrP1TqbJSbMiIOv28WzZ9 5wyg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=q/zf99kna2m+uQdJittFjm1Y1aulItmdjlyBb86r8fk=; b=F6LuDg708oyHqDZJUbe0hTN2g5P7fSVExG6X2MqGEKNnw0XTk27dK4ENH0z2+tgeC3 ITQmoq7IvqtMnsUBcHabTavuCP/C6Ax1O8NetPs3kI1Vu1mnGGn4s8K3S2NQ+3p5UPUW oWThcYdhe0KdHqLRO5MY5ispv1C3PMZWFoqCk7L90KhCYfpfcbMxN+IE9tPgKn//MlD+ EFbSMUq79K+UX27C9esyGaS1+/+GbaoyRYbg3kjgyku6BBHiKv4mvWaxg3o9g4y271V1 xo/MnR1qCLizHhhKVGm8Q8wETFX9tQwG+fZZSJZZ+XhVebpg/qt583eAwuWP3/RDgKdu PD5w== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mKs1QYW2ALRpY4kpBNDuv3U6MSzia8UvK3dDDaio4zoNlOVMKOB kOKBozRH0YofQRBppVe6DdjjJTgPPRU7VJUVBE5urQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBotIxT/zlr2KQuqtNzTlSZB8KrLP1tyEF1PQmpJbpOtVB2GzqMnYYocoJ4GA5SLiW138ndn8wmkxUzO+2gdhPGY= X-Received: by 10.107.142.143 with SMTP id q137mr4713366iod.301.1515193150152; Fri, 05 Jan 2018 14:59:10 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: wlosh@bsdimp.com Received: by 10.79.160.217 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Jan 2018 14:59:09 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [2603:300b:6:5100:1052:acc7:f9de:2b6d] In-Reply-To: <20180105225153.GF95035@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20171230114420.3154579c@kan> <20180105225153.GF95035@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> From: Warner Losh Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 15:59:09 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: gi7s9sZRH_xDYWm5spNXTXx6ewk Message-ID: Subject: Re: Minor MIPS tree pruning To: Brooks Davis Cc: Alexander Kabaev , "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" , Robert Watson , "freebsd-mips@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to MIPS List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 22:59:11 -0000 On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 3:51 PM, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 11:44:20AM -0500, Alexander Kabaev wrote: > > On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 01:10:11 -0700 > > Warner Losh 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) > > > 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! > > > > RMI is another one that should get on chopping block, IMHO. They are > > impossible to track down in the wild and files were not touched more or > > less ever since being committed. They also re-implement too much of the > > code in MI and chances of FreeBSD-current working on the hardware are > > very, very slim. > > Deleting that would clean up a fair number of ifdefs in MIPS MD code. I went ahead and deleted the platform, but was holding off doing ifdef cleanups from the removed platforms until a suitable period of time had passed to ensure that I didn't delete one that turns out to be in wide use leading to a hue and cry for its return. Warner