Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver

From	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver
Date	2017-02-24 10:30 +0100
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On 24/02/2017 at 09:14:30 +0100, Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt wrote:
> Around Thu 23 Feb 2017 21:18:13 -0800 or thereabout, Håvard Skinnemoen wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 9:14 AM, Alexandre Belloni
> > <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> wrote:
> >> On 21/02/2017 at 18:43:35 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 
> <snipp>
> 
> >> A few weeks ago, I was telling Boris to let it not build for a while and
> >> then remove it. You already went out of your way to make it work. Again,
> >> feel free to send a patch removing avr32. I can only see a lot of
> >> benefits for the Atmel ARM SoCs and the many cleanups that will follow.
> > 
> > Agree, I can't help but feel that the AVR32 support is doing more harm
> > than good at this point.
> 
> I also agree on this, I can relate to Nicolas (and Atmel friends) having to
> always think about the less-maintained AVR32 parts when improving drivers.
> 
> >> If nobody complains about the 4.10 breakage, You'll have plenty of time
> >> to remove it for 4.12
> > 
> > I'm fine with that, but I haven't put much effort into keeping it
> > alive lately. If Hans-Christian agrees, I'm willing to post a patch to
> > remove it, or ack someone else's patch.
> 
> Then lets plan this for 4.12, either you Håvard whip up a patch or I can
> eventually do it.
> 
> I can push it through the linux-avr32 git tree on kernel.org.
> 

I think think it is fair to have one of you two prepare the patch. It is
definitively a sad decision :( but it will help us immensely! Thank you!

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com

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[PATCH v2 0/3] mtd: nand: Rework/cleanup the Atmel NAND driver Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-20 13:30 +0100
  [PATCH v2 3/3] mtd: nand: Remove unused chip->write_page() hook Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-20 13:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-20 21:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-20 21:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-20 22:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-21 00:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-21 01:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-21 09:10 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-21 11:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-21 11:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com> - 2017-02-21 11:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-21 12:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-21 12:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-21 17:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-21 17:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-21 17:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-21 17:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-21 18:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Håvard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@gmail.com> - 2017-02-24 06:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-24 09:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-24 10:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-24 10:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-24 11:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-24 12:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt <egtvedt@samfundet.no> - 2017-02-24 11:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt <egtvedt@samfundet.no> - 2017-02-24 10:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-24 10:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt <egtvedt@samfundet.no> - 2017-02-24 10:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-21 18:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-21 12:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com> - 2017-02-21 14:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-21 17:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2017-02-21 17:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2017-02-21 15:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: Cleanup/rework the atmel_nand driver Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com> - 2017-02-21 14:10 +0100

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