linux-next: manual merge of the sh tree with the tree

[CC Magnus]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 12:55:29PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:

Hi all,

On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:47:24 +0900 Simon Horman [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 11:11:03PM -0800, Olof Johansson wrote:

quoted

The request to merge the sh code came through Simon with claimed
agreement from SH maintainers to do so -- I didn't verify this since
they have in the past been well-coordinated. Simon?

I spoke with Paul recently and my understanding is that
he hasn't been actively working in this area for over a year now.

I guess there are some stale patches in his tree.

That is certainly what it looks like.  So, do I remove the sh{,.-current)
trees (git://github.com/pmundt/linux-sh.git#sh-{latest,fixes-for-linus})
from linux-next permanently?  Will it be cleaned up any time soon?

I think that removing it would be a good choice.

Is anyone maintaining/supporting sh now?  Is it a candidate for pruning?

Its a topic of discussion at Renesas. And I hope that someone
will be doing some form of maintenance again soon.