Re: [PATCH] serial: Remove 68328 driver

From: Peter Hurley
Date: Mon Jan 11 2016 - 12:57:21 EST


On 01/04/2016 03:10 AM, Greg Ungerer wrote:
> On 04/01/16 20:30, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
>> On Mon, 4 Jan 2016 15:03:50 +1000
>> Greg Ungerer <gregungerer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> If 68328serial.c is removed is there any point keeping the
>>> architecture support for 68328 platforms?
>>>
>>> The 68328serial.c provides pretty much the only type of console
>>> that can be used on these devices. They are largely useless
>>> without this
>>
>> Probably we should - unless someone wants to stand up and say "actually
>> I'm using this with current kernels, need it, and I'll maintain it"
>>
>> Somehow I doubt anyone is.
>
> Yep, I suspect you are right.
> I can't even remember the last time a patch or improvement
> for 68328 came past me. Same goes for 68360 cpu/platform
> as well.

And none of it builds (and there's no build coverage in arch/m68k/configs)

Regards,
Peter Hurley