From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Tue Jun 12 20:33:01 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C676101B8DF for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:33:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from manu@bidouilliste.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDCED788CC for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:33:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from manu@bidouilliste.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 81176101B8DA; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:33:00 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CFBA101B8D9 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:33:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from manu@bidouilliste.com) Received: from mail.blih.net (mail.blih.net [212.83.177.182]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.blih.net", Issuer "mail.blih.net" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CE7DF788CB for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:32:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from manu@bidouilliste.com) Received: from mail.blih.net (mail.blih.net [212.83.177.182]) by mail.blih.net (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id cd281dff for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 22:32:49 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=bidouilliste.com; h=date :from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=mail; bh=3sN53YwDnn+Kg0ondhUUzCKV7 +I=; b=WNLbecr+3Gf/aRQa/K60TFCWfrmIjHFZLGfy5zDjm8dRpbaQg5mtR+JTi 7k9snJx7AWzDBbrGIFksWauW1tIPWKXk0Qx2hBgmUL3BNZTQPYdZy2dCRGPy4/Ez Vr5dVxgbnaykRZjww/e26tBuy+nsG2cOxBkUmYbyaWmQDZOUDc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=bidouilliste.com; h=date :from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=mail; b=ONnGQ6W94D2KsphIKzh KBxAah4/iMf15jI+8wykUVvybjFBf5MgD8os5Oetwan2sLpq4sYi9Fw8Rfwf9Eni KqW7UzFOeFVm1wq/4alC+wM2l1nqhon/9SlRTkqD09iZPtFAPs5vPUVx6dYRk1A3 8br2Mq+3RaowLUGj5arF9Dpg= Received: from skull.home.blih.net (ip-9.net-89-3-105.rev.numericable.fr [89.3.105.9]) by mail.blih.net (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 7163bf91 TLS version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 22:32:49 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 22:32:48 +0200 From: Emmanuel Vadot To: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" Subject: De-orbit Allwinner A10/A20/A31 for 12.0 Message-Id: <20180612223248.f95d9ce3961187576e220614@bidouilliste.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:33:01 -0000 Hello arm@ I don't like to send this email but ... I want to remove A10/A20/A31 support for FreeBSD 12, here is the reason why : - I don't have time to maintain thoses SoC - For A10/A20 we currently don't boot on it since it requires new clocks binding (handled by aw_ccung) and I have no time to do the switch. - H3 (which is 32bits too) is way better in term of performance and price, you can buy a "good" $10 board while getting an A20 will cost you more for some reason. - My A31 board (BananapiM1) just died today after a long time of being my arm32 reference board. - I don't want the code to stay like the old 32 bits rockchip or amlogic code that can't even boot nowadays. If someone want to step up and convert A10/A20 to ccung I'll be glad to help/review but if no one step up it's unreasonable for me to support those right now and I prefer to remove completely the support. The plan is to remove support in one month (July 12th) if there is no volunteer to update the current code. Cheers, -- Emmanuel Vadot