[U-Boot] arm: omap: configs: various: Remove references to OMAP34XX_UARTx

[Grazvydas Ignotas]

On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 7:22 PM, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 06:58:19PM +0300, Grazvydas Ignotas wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 8:43 PM, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 07:45:16AM -0500, Adam Ford wrote:
>> >> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 6:21 AM Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 07:28:11AM -0500, Adam Ford wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> Wasn't there a requirement that we need to move all boards to support
>> >> CONFIG_DM at one point?
>> >
>> > Yes, things should get moved to DM.  So, adding the omap3_pandora listed
>> > maintainer to the email.
>>
>> I'm sorry I haven't been following u-boot development for some years,
>> what exactly needs to be done here?
>> I've tried enabling CONFIG_DM_SERIAL, but then the board only prints
>> some garbage and resets. Without changes current u-boot built from git
>> boots fine.
>>
>> Note that the device is old and only pre- device tree kernels are
>> shipped and officially supported. However the mainline kernel still
>> has incomplete board support (including device tree) for those wanting
>> to use it.
>
> So over in U-Boot, we're moving towards the point where having some
> device tree that describes the board will be a lot easier than not in
> terms of continuing to support the board.  So, there's a few ways to
> look at things:
> - If you take a look at 0d43fded20e3 you can see how omap3_evm was
>   updated to use DM_SERIAL and a bunch of other modern things.
> - You can also just say that it's time to retire omap3_pandora from
>   mainline U-Boot and that v2018.09 (or v2018.11, but I don't want to
>   wait too long) is the last release with support for the platform.
> - See if there's anyone else you know that would like to pick up and
>   maintain the board and make the kind of changes that were made to
>   omap3_evm.

Thanks for the info. I've sent a patch, I hope it is sufficient.

Gražvydas