Re: CRIS port status, was: [PATCH] dump_stack: convert generic dump_stack into a weak symbol
On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 03:09:27PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:40 PM, Sergey Senozhatsky >wrote: > > On (03/07/18 13:48), Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > [..] > >> > > >> > I can easily stop building blackfin - and, if the intention is to > >> > remove it, there is not much point in wasting resources building it any > >> > anyway. > >> > >> Right. At the moment, the plan is to remove metag, score, unicore32, > >> m32r, frv and blackfin. If you are building any more of those, you can > >> stop that as well. > >> > >> The fate of tile and mn10300 is still open, but I suspect they won't > >> last long either. > > > > That's a huge list. > > > > I heard that CRIS is having some problems as well: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/11/403 > > Interesting. I thought I looked at cris when I made the list and found that > it was still (semi-)regularly updated, so I assumed it was still needed. Yeah, I've tried to keep it chugging along, but as I mentioned in that thread, time and working hardware are running low. I've not heard of anyone using real CRIS-hardware with mainline releases for a couple of years now (except me :-) > Jesper/Mikael: If you are considering to drop the port, I think it > would make sense to do it at the same time as the others, so feel > free to send me a removal pull request for 4.17 that I'll merge with > the other removal patches, or I can offer to remove it myself. I'm having mixed feelings, but I think it's time for Linux to drop the CRIS-port. I'll prepare some patches for you in the CRIS-tree. > Obviously if your plans have changed in the meantime and you > prefer to keep it for a while longer, just let me know and I'll document > the state in the tag description for the arch removal for future reference. > > If we remove cris, it's probably also appropriate to ask the question > about microblaze: Michal, I know your work on microblaze linux has > been winding down over the years as the user base shrinks (just > like for all others above). Should we keep it for a few more years for > the remaining users, or is it time to let go? I would guess we still > have active users on modern kernels, but that's what I thought > about cris as well ;-) > > Arnd /^JN - Jesper Nilsson -- Jesper Nilsson -- jesper.nils...@axis.com
Re: CRIS port status, was: [PATCH] dump_stack: convert generic dump_stack into a weak symbol
On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 03:09:27PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:40 PM, Sergey Senozhatsky > wrote: > > On (03/07/18 13:48), Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > [..] > >> > > >> > I can easily stop building blackfin - and, if the intention is to > >> > remove it, there is not much point in wasting resources building it any > >> > anyway. > >> > >> Right. At the moment, the plan is to remove metag, score, unicore32, > >> m32r, frv and blackfin. If you are building any more of those, you can > >> stop that as well. > >> > >> The fate of tile and mn10300 is still open, but I suspect they won't > >> last long either. > > > > That's a huge list. > > > > I heard that CRIS is having some problems as well: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/11/403 > > Interesting. I thought I looked at cris when I made the list and found that > it was still (semi-)regularly updated, so I assumed it was still needed. Yeah, I've tried to keep it chugging along, but as I mentioned in that thread, time and working hardware are running low. I've not heard of anyone using real CRIS-hardware with mainline releases for a couple of years now (except me :-) > Jesper/Mikael: If you are considering to drop the port, I think it > would make sense to do it at the same time as the others, so feel > free to send me a removal pull request for 4.17 that I'll merge with > the other removal patches, or I can offer to remove it myself. I'm having mixed feelings, but I think it's time for Linux to drop the CRIS-port. I'll prepare some patches for you in the CRIS-tree. > Obviously if your plans have changed in the meantime and you > prefer to keep it for a while longer, just let me know and I'll document > the state in the tag description for the arch removal for future reference. > > If we remove cris, it's probably also appropriate to ask the question > about microblaze: Michal, I know your work on microblaze linux has > been winding down over the years as the user base shrinks (just > like for all others above). Should we keep it for a few more years for > the remaining users, or is it time to let go? I would guess we still > have active users on modern kernels, but that's what I thought > about cris as well ;-) > > Arnd /^JN - Jesper Nilsson -- Jesper Nilsson -- jesper.nils...@axis.com
Re: CRIS port status, was: [PATCH] dump_stack: convert generic dump_stack into a weak symbol
On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 4:01 PM, Michal Simekwrote: > On 7.3.2018 15:09, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:40 PM, Sergey Senozhatsky >> wrote: >> If we remove cris, it's probably also appropriate to ask the question >> about microblaze: Michal, I know your work on microblaze linux has >> been winding down over the years as the user base shrinks (just >> like for all others above). Should we keep it for a few more years for >> the remaining users, or is it time to let go? I would guess we still >> have active users on modern kernels, but that's what I thought >> about cris as well ;-) > > It is not like that. I definitely have less time for Microblaze to > develop new stuff but Microblaze HW is still regularly updated and new > hw features are coming there and new versions are created. We are also > updating and testing newer kernels and using latest kernel at Xilinx. It > is definitely not in state that we should just remove it. > > There are still a lot of users which are happy with current state and > there is no pressure to add new features like SMP/address extension/etc > that's why there is no huge development in arch/microblaze. Ok, glad to hear that, thanks a lot for the clarification. Arnd
Re: CRIS port status, was: [PATCH] dump_stack: convert generic dump_stack into a weak symbol
On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 4:01 PM, Michal Simek wrote: > On 7.3.2018 15:09, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:40 PM, Sergey Senozhatsky >> wrote: >> If we remove cris, it's probably also appropriate to ask the question >> about microblaze: Michal, I know your work on microblaze linux has >> been winding down over the years as the user base shrinks (just >> like for all others above). Should we keep it for a few more years for >> the remaining users, or is it time to let go? I would guess we still >> have active users on modern kernels, but that's what I thought >> about cris as well ;-) > > It is not like that. I definitely have less time for Microblaze to > develop new stuff but Microblaze HW is still regularly updated and new > hw features are coming there and new versions are created. We are also > updating and testing newer kernels and using latest kernel at Xilinx. It > is definitely not in state that we should just remove it. > > There are still a lot of users which are happy with current state and > there is no pressure to add new features like SMP/address extension/etc > that's why there is no huge development in arch/microblaze. Ok, glad to hear that, thanks a lot for the clarification. Arnd
Re: CRIS port status, was: [PATCH] dump_stack: convert generic dump_stack into a weak symbol
Hi Arnd, On 7.3.2018 15:09, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:40 PM, Sergey Senozhatsky >wrote: >> On (03/07/18 13:48), Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> [..] I can easily stop building blackfin - and, if the intention is to remove it, there is not much point in wasting resources building it any anyway. >>> >>> Right. At the moment, the plan is to remove metag, score, unicore32, >>> m32r, frv and blackfin. If you are building any more of those, you can >>> stop that as well. >>> >>> The fate of tile and mn10300 is still open, but I suspect they won't >>> last long either. >> >> That's a huge list. >> >> I heard that CRIS is having some problems as well: >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/11/403 > > Interesting. I thought I looked at cris when I made the list and found that > it was still (semi-)regularly updated, so I assumed it was still needed. > > (adding CRIS and microblaze maintainers) > > Jesper/Mikael: If you are considering to drop the port, I think it > would make sense to do it at the same time as the others, so feel > free to send me a removal pull request for 4.17 that I'll merge with > the other removal patches, or I can offer to remove it myself. > > Obviously if your plans have changed in the meantime and you > prefer to keep it for a while longer, just let me know and I'll document > the state in the tag description for the arch removal for future reference. > > If we remove cris, it's probably also appropriate to ask the question > about microblaze: Michal, I know your work on microblaze linux has > been winding down over the years as the user base shrinks (just > like for all others above). Should we keep it for a few more years for > the remaining users, or is it time to let go? I would guess we still > have active users on modern kernels, but that's what I thought > about cris as well ;-) It is not like that. I definitely have less time for Microblaze to develop new stuff but Microblaze HW is still regularly updated and new hw features are coming there and new versions are created. We are also updating and testing newer kernels and using latest kernel at Xilinx. It is definitely not in state that we should just remove it. There are still a lot of users which are happy with current state and there is no pressure to add new features like SMP/address extension/etc that's why there is no huge development in arch/microblaze. Thanks, Michal -- Michal Simek, Ing. (M.Eng), OpenPGP -> KeyID: FE3D1F91 w: www.monstr.eu p: +42-0-721842854 Maintainer of Linux kernel - Xilinx Microblaze Maintainer of Linux kernel - Xilinx Zynq ARM and ZynqMP ARM64 SoCs U-Boot custodian - Xilinx Microblaze/Zynq/ZynqMP SoCs signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: CRIS port status, was: [PATCH] dump_stack: convert generic dump_stack into a weak symbol
Hi Arnd, On 7.3.2018 15:09, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:40 PM, Sergey Senozhatsky > wrote: >> On (03/07/18 13:48), Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> [..] I can easily stop building blackfin - and, if the intention is to remove it, there is not much point in wasting resources building it any anyway. >>> >>> Right. At the moment, the plan is to remove metag, score, unicore32, >>> m32r, frv and blackfin. If you are building any more of those, you can >>> stop that as well. >>> >>> The fate of tile and mn10300 is still open, but I suspect they won't >>> last long either. >> >> That's a huge list. >> >> I heard that CRIS is having some problems as well: >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/11/403 > > Interesting. I thought I looked at cris when I made the list and found that > it was still (semi-)regularly updated, so I assumed it was still needed. > > (adding CRIS and microblaze maintainers) > > Jesper/Mikael: If you are considering to drop the port, I think it > would make sense to do it at the same time as the others, so feel > free to send me a removal pull request for 4.17 that I'll merge with > the other removal patches, or I can offer to remove it myself. > > Obviously if your plans have changed in the meantime and you > prefer to keep it for a while longer, just let me know and I'll document > the state in the tag description for the arch removal for future reference. > > If we remove cris, it's probably also appropriate to ask the question > about microblaze: Michal, I know your work on microblaze linux has > been winding down over the years as the user base shrinks (just > like for all others above). Should we keep it for a few more years for > the remaining users, or is it time to let go? I would guess we still > have active users on modern kernels, but that's what I thought > about cris as well ;-) It is not like that. I definitely have less time for Microblaze to develop new stuff but Microblaze HW is still regularly updated and new hw features are coming there and new versions are created. We are also updating and testing newer kernels and using latest kernel at Xilinx. It is definitely not in state that we should just remove it. There are still a lot of users which are happy with current state and there is no pressure to add new features like SMP/address extension/etc that's why there is no huge development in arch/microblaze. Thanks, Michal -- Michal Simek, Ing. (M.Eng), OpenPGP -> KeyID: FE3D1F91 w: www.monstr.eu p: +42-0-721842854 Maintainer of Linux kernel - Xilinx Microblaze Maintainer of Linux kernel - Xilinx Zynq ARM and ZynqMP ARM64 SoCs U-Boot custodian - Xilinx Microblaze/Zynq/ZynqMP SoCs signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
CRIS port status, was: [PATCH] dump_stack: convert generic dump_stack into a weak symbol
On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:40 PM, Sergey Senozhatskywrote: > On (03/07/18 13:48), Arnd Bergmann wrote: > [..] >> > >> > I can easily stop building blackfin - and, if the intention is to >> > remove it, there is not much point in wasting resources building it any >> > anyway. >> >> Right. At the moment, the plan is to remove metag, score, unicore32, >> m32r, frv and blackfin. If you are building any more of those, you can >> stop that as well. >> >> The fate of tile and mn10300 is still open, but I suspect they won't >> last long either. > > That's a huge list. > > I heard that CRIS is having some problems as well: > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/11/403 Interesting. I thought I looked at cris when I made the list and found that it was still (semi-)regularly updated, so I assumed it was still needed. (adding CRIS and microblaze maintainers) Jesper/Mikael: If you are considering to drop the port, I think it would make sense to do it at the same time as the others, so feel free to send me a removal pull request for 4.17 that I'll merge with the other removal patches, or I can offer to remove it myself. Obviously if your plans have changed in the meantime and you prefer to keep it for a while longer, just let me know and I'll document the state in the tag description for the arch removal for future reference. If we remove cris, it's probably also appropriate to ask the question about microblaze: Michal, I know your work on microblaze linux has been winding down over the years as the user base shrinks (just like for all others above). Should we keep it for a few more years for the remaining users, or is it time to let go? I would guess we still have active users on modern kernels, but that's what I thought about cris as well ;-) Arnd
CRIS port status, was: [PATCH] dump_stack: convert generic dump_stack into a weak symbol
On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:40 PM, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote: > On (03/07/18 13:48), Arnd Bergmann wrote: > [..] >> > >> > I can easily stop building blackfin - and, if the intention is to >> > remove it, there is not much point in wasting resources building it any >> > anyway. >> >> Right. At the moment, the plan is to remove metag, score, unicore32, >> m32r, frv and blackfin. If you are building any more of those, you can >> stop that as well. >> >> The fate of tile and mn10300 is still open, but I suspect they won't >> last long either. > > That's a huge list. > > I heard that CRIS is having some problems as well: > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/11/403 Interesting. I thought I looked at cris when I made the list and found that it was still (semi-)regularly updated, so I assumed it was still needed. (adding CRIS and microblaze maintainers) Jesper/Mikael: If you are considering to drop the port, I think it would make sense to do it at the same time as the others, so feel free to send me a removal pull request for 4.17 that I'll merge with the other removal patches, or I can offer to remove it myself. Obviously if your plans have changed in the meantime and you prefer to keep it for a while longer, just let me know and I'll document the state in the tag description for the arch removal for future reference. If we remove cris, it's probably also appropriate to ask the question about microblaze: Michal, I know your work on microblaze linux has been winding down over the years as the user base shrinks (just like for all others above). Should we keep it for a few more years for the remaining users, or is it time to let go? I would guess we still have active users on modern kernels, but that's what I thought about cris as well ;-) Arnd