Messages in this thread | | | From | Olof Johansson <> | Date | Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:39:12 -0700 | Subject | Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [TECH TOPIC] Planning code obsolescence |
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On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 12:30 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@denx.de> wrote: > > On Wed 2020-08-05 20:50:43, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > Hi Pavel, > > > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 7:26 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote: > > > > I have submitted the below as a topic for the linux/arch/* MC that Mike > > > > and I run, but I suppose it also makes sense to discuss it on the > > > > ksummit-discuss mailing list (cross-posted to linux-arch and lkml) as well > > > > even if we don't discuss it at the main ksummit track. > > > > > > > * Latest kernel in which it was known to have worked > > > > > > For some old hardware, I started collecting kernel version, .config and dmesg from > > > successful boots. github.com/pavelmachek, click on "missy". > > > > You mean your complete hardware collection doesn't boot v5.8? ;-) > > I need to do some pushing, and yes, maybe some more testing. > > But I was wondering if someone sees this as useful and wants to > contribute more devices? :-).
There's in my opinion a big difference between "the last user of this device sent it to Pavel and now it will be supported forever in spite of no users" and "there's a whole group of people using mainline on these old devices and Pavel makes sure it keeps booting for them".
-Olof
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