[U-Boot] [PATCH 00/93] dm: Move towards completing CONFIG_BLK migration

[Adam Ford]

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 12:36 PM Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:54 AM Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> >
> > All boards should now be migrated to use CONFIG_BLK. This series removes
> > those with build problems using this option.
> >
> > If maintainers want to keep these boards in they should send a patch in
> > the next week or two. Otherwise the board will be removed in the next
> > release, and will need to be added and re-reviewed later.
> >
> > The goal is to have all boards use driver model. But so far, we do allow
> > CONFIG_DM to not be defined.
> >
> > PLEASE NOTE: This is not an easy process. It is possible that your board
> > does work, or works with only minor changes. Please try to understand that
> > the removal of a board is not done because people don't like your board.
> > In fact the board might have been the first one I used when trying out
> > U-Boot! It's just that we expect maintainers to keep up with the migration
> > to driver model which has been running now for 4 years. It just isn't
> > possible for a few people to migrate and test hundreds of boards.
> >
> > So, send a patch!
>
> OK, so with the intention of "need to light a fire", consider the fire
> lit!  But, I think v2 of this series needs to:
> - Address the bug that's been noted of you checking on "DM_BLK" when
>   it's really just "BLK".
> - Do a test build with BLK just being unconditional now.  For example,
>   you're deleting the am335x_evm family but it builds fine with BLK
>   being enabled now.  I even gave it a run time test via test.py and
>   we're fine.  So, I think a new run where you see what fails to build
>   with BLK enabled by default now is in order to come up with a new
>   delete list.
>

When we were migrating toward GCC 6, we introduced a warning message
that was displayed at build indicating older versions of GCC would be
unsupported, and GCC 6 would become a requirement.  The
CONFIG_DM_I2C_COMPAT generates a build warning and suggests that it be
removed.  I would like to propose that in the future, when setting
deadlines, we insert something into the build mechanism that generates
a warning to tell people that something is going to happen.

Just my 2-cents.

adam
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Tom