From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753644AbaETPtV (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 May 2014 11:49:21 -0400 Received: from lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk ([81.2.110.251]:34196 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751461AbaETPtU (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 May 2014 11:49:20 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 16:48:19 +0100 From: One Thousand Gnomes To: Catalin Marinas Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux , Paul Bolle , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Arnd Bergmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: remove ARM710 specific assembler code Message-ID: <20140520164819.63357114@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20140517092337.GA67711@MacBook-Pro.local> References: <1364507176.1345.45.camel@x61.thuisdomein> <8309592.drxAj71PnZ@wuerfel> <1400059550.31197.12.camel@x220> <4305975.PvMXZQ020k@wuerfel> <1400232598.20342.16.camel@x220> <20140516125545.GO3693@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20140517092337.GA67711@MacBook-Pro.local> Organization: Intel Corporation X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.23; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > old features. Let's say in 10 years time we remove everything ARMv4, > another 10 years ARMv5 and so on. We could make these milestones shorter > but it really depends on what people use, we should not force them out > of the kernel if still in use. Why do you care ? Worry about it at the point nobody can remember needing the support, or when it creates some horrible situation that is painful to keep supporting and nobody seems to care. We've only recently dropped 80386 support, and we still support MC68000. Or just wait until 2038 approaches and the 32bit panic stations begins, then clean out 8) Alan