Re: [PATCH] ARM: ep93xx: remove MaverickCrunch support

[Martin Guy]

I forward opinion from people currently producing and supporting EP93XX boards:

From: Technologic Systems Support Team <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: martinwguy@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: jerome.oufella@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> I expect our customers would care if support was dropped.
> Unfortunately I don't know to what extent.  I'd like to bring
> Jerome Oufella of Savoir Faire Linux into the conversation here,
> as he runs the software company who most of our customers
> contract through when they need a modern Linux kernel running
> on one of our Cirrus Logic EP93XX series single board computers.
> I expect his opinion will be more valuable than mine.
​>
> Good morning Jerome,
>
> A member of the Linux Kernel Development community reached out
> to us this morning letting us know the community has suggested
> dropping support for the MavericCrunch FPU on the EP9302 processor.
> Would this impact any of the development your team has been doing
> for some of our mutual customers?

From: Jerome Oufella<jerome.oufella@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I am aware of a few companies who rely on variants of the TS-7250
> running not-too-old LTS releases (4.19, 5.4) to cope with their patch policies.
>
> With Linux 5.10 being the next "Super LTS", this presumably brings its
> support lifespan until about 2030, which (I believe) they would be
> comfortable with considering the age of the platform.
>
> Jerome Oufella
> Vice-President, Technologies
> www.savoirfairelinux.com