Hi Varun,
For Arm reference platforms, we are not sure who all are using it. That is why i proposed to keep in repo for around a year before deleting it. But for NV platforms, if you are sure that nobody is going to require it, you can delete it earlier.
Also, instead of proposed step 2 earlier we can have an alternate - 2. Don't allow it to be built by default. (introducing PLATFORM_DEPRECATED build macro) + 2. Instead of purposefully failing the build we can print a warning message (It's also quite possible that someday during cooling off period it stops to build naturally)
thanks Manish ________________________________ From: Varun Wadekar vwadekar@nvidia.com Sent: 11 March 2021 02:35 To: Manish Pandey2 Manish.Pandey2@arm.com Cc: tf-a@lists.trustedfirmware.org tf-a@lists.trustedfirmware.org Subject: RE: Deprecating Arm's sgm775 platform
Hi Manish,
Just curious, what would be the reason to keep the platform alive for 2 release cycles? I have one Tegra platform that needs to be deprecated and so would like to understand the thought process.
-Varun
From: TF-A tf-a-bounces@lists.trustedfirmware.org On Behalf Of Manish Pandey2 via TF-A Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 2:01 PM To: tf-a@lists.trustedfirmware.org Subject: [TF-A] Deprecating Arm's sgm775 platform
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Hi,
The purpose of the email is to notify about deprecation of sgm775 platform and proposed process for deprecating a platform.
Arm's System Guidance for Mobile(SGM-775) is an old platform and no longer maintained. It is superseded by Total Compute(tc0) platform.
Proposal for deprecating a platform:
1. Keep the code in repository. (at least for 2 release cycles)
2. Don't allow it to be built by default. (introducing PLATFORM_DEPRECATED build macro)
3. Disable CI testing.
4. Create appropriate documentation for deprecated platforms.
Let me know if you have any suggestions.
Thanks
Manish P