From owner-freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Sat Dec 30 16:30:16 2017 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 0C740EA0D8A; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 16:30:16 +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 CDD84290B; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 16:30:14 +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 9ec93de1; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 17:30:06 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=bidouilliste.com; h=date :from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=mail; bh=ZborojvnB+OPQwsTdg6TEVjKYU4=; b=TIuqYL2zk02kCDjqS6uW/YBBv9be aB14okV0/cDhtJuerQ2biIIuO9Gp7/drA8h4kS1/t+ZSSUj8oDSP+883U8xZOQmG hcQUCpf/PazeiMVd2NNiy2A+6focOtETKvIiTVmgNQq1qhWVEDQK5WYm8tC6M1Mm DnFmOddIej8K6/c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=bidouilliste.com; h=date :from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s= mail; b=srQ9nW4dlp9FZ8BBYZlK88Wjn3LaI4c+tz9VALJlbdxhnKYBSFn0atxT 2DtqUJfzyEUyeGAs3BoAOnMACBUd1DHkIzRqRhqfVvjSbUGQDTFPhcjl5PGTtkzP MggecneerszPMLC/dQAeucSJ5R/AjnZSv14l8OrO4+HuWdO7dkY= Received: from arcadia.home.blih.net (ip-9.net-89-3-105.rev.numericable.fr [89.3.105.9]) by mail.blih.net (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 01fa3395 TLS version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 17:30:05 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 17:30:04 +0100 From: Emmanuel Vadot To: Warner Losh Cc: "freebsd-mips@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" , Adrian Chadd , Robert Watson , John Baldwin Subject: Re: Minor MIPS tree pruning Message-Id: <20171230173004.5bdb22887a082063b697bccd@bidouilliste.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.6.0 (GTK+ 2.24.31; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 16:30:16 -0000 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) Olimex still sell rt5350 board (those two are quite the same SoC) : https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/RT5350F/RT5350F-OLinuXino/open-source-hardware I did port FreeBSD on it almost three years ago (https://www.bidouilliste.com/blog/2015/07/22/FreeBSD-on-Olimex-RT5350F-OLinuXino/ ) but I don't remember if any of my code when into the tree but we have support from it based on the work from sgalabov@ It doesn't mean I've objecting to the removal, I have no interest in mips and I don't even know the actual support on it. > 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! > > Warner > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Emmanuel Vadot