Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:52:57 +0100 | From | Lukasz Majewski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] ARM: ep93xx: ts72xx: Add support for BK3 board |
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Hi Alexander, Linus
> Hello Linus! > > On Wed Dec 13 08:34:22 2017 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> > wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 12:36 AM, Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de> > > wrote: Out of curiosity: Liebherr is obviously doing heavy-duty > > industrial control systems. Likewise Hartley is doing similar > > business over at Vision Engravings. > > > > Is the situation such that there is a whole bunch of industrial > > systems out there, in active use and needing future upgrades, > > that use the EP93xx? > > That's definitely the case. I'm as well aware of several thousands of > industrial devices which are expected to run 24/7 for the next 5 > years at least. And they are updated from time to time.
I can agree with this statement.
> > > Arnd has been nudging me to do DT conversion for EP93xx > > so if there are many active industrial users of these > > I should prioritize it, because these things have 20+ years > > support cycles. > > I'm not sure how important or necessary at all is to change anything > in these legacy platforms.
+1
> > > We also need to think about upholding support in GCC for > > ARMv4(t) for the foreseeable future if there is a big web of > > random deeply embedded systems out there that will need > > updates. > > But we should definitely preserve at least what we have.
I'm using OE to build toolchain (SDK). I can confirm that gcc 7.2 works with it.
And yes, armv4 support shall be preserved in GCC ....
> > -- > Alexander. >
Best regards,
Lukasz Majewski
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