Re: [PATCH] ARM: MAINTAINERS: drop empty entries for removed boards

["Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>]

On Mon, Dec 18, 2023, at 13:45, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Drop empty and redundant maintainer entries for boards which were
> removed to fix `scripts/get_maintainer.pl --self-test=sections` errors
> like:
>
>   ./MAINTAINERS:2021: warning: section without file pattern	ARM/CIRRUS 
> LOGIC EDB9315A MACHINE SUPPORT

Good catch, I wonder if I missed these in last year's board removal
or if they were already broken back then. Some of these 

> @@ -2171,11 +2166,6 @@ T:	git 
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shawnguo/linux.git
>  F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/vf/
>  F:	arch/arm/mach-imx/*vf610*
> 
> -ARM/GUMSTIX MACHINE SUPPORT
> -M:	Steve Sakoman <sakoman@gmail.com>
> -L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
> -S:	Maintained

I don't know if Steve still cares, but the board is still there
in arch/arm/mach-pxa/{gumstix,am200epd.c,am300epd.c}
 
> -ARM/INTEL XSC3 (MANZANO) ARM CORE
> -M:	Lennert Buytenhek <kernel@wantstofly.org>
> -L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
> -S:	Maintained

Same here, the code is still there and used by pxa3xx:

arch/arm/mm/*xsc3l2*

>  ARM/LG1K ARCHITECTURE
>  M:	Chanho Min <chanho.min@lge.com>
>  L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
> @@ -2840,11 +2825,6 @@ F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/synaptics/
>  F:	arch/arm/mach-berlin/
>  F:	arch/arm64/boot/dts/synaptics/
> 
> -ARM/TECHNOLOGIC SYSTEMS TS7250 MACHINE SUPPORT
> -M:	Lennert Buytenhek <kernel@wantstofly.org>
> -L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
> -S:	Maintained

arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/ts72xx.c is about to be obsoleted by the ongoing
DT conversion.


> @@ -17674,14 +17649,6 @@ L:	linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org
>  S:	Maintained
>  F:	drivers/gpio/gpio-pxa.c
> 
> -PXA MMCI DRIVER
> -S:	Orphan
> -
> -PXA RTC DRIVER
> -M:	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>
> -L:	linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org
> -S:	Maintained
> -

drivers/mmc/host/pxamci.c and drivers/rtc/rtc-pxa.c
are still in use.

> 
> -RDC R-321X SoC
> -M:	Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
> -S:	Maintained
> -

This is still supported and it's x86 rather than arm.

There is a good chance that we /should/ remove it for being obsolete,
but that has to be a separate series and remove the drivers and
architecture support if we decide to go that way.

I'm fairly sure this platform was originally added for use with
OpenWRT but not everything was merged and OpenWRT stopped
carrying the required patches in 2016:

https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commitdiff;h=fed29fa36bf9ff387ff6e96522b1b5423fed3581

Some of the drivers might still be in use on the related
vortex86 cores, so maybe we keep the support and add

N:     rdc321x

      Arnd