[coreboot] Proposal: Removing obsolete & EOL boards and chipsets for 4.2 release

[Timothy Pearson]

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On 10/27/2015 03:36 PM, Vladimir wrote:
> Although I agree with you that AMD is not innocent as well, if you would
> check a "Binary situation" page at coreboot's wiki, you would see that
> Intel is in three times more evil (still could not understand why some
> incredibly talented coreboot developers are spending so much time
> fighting Intel's ME issues, while AMD boards don't have that "dragon you
> have to tame" on board)
> 
> In any case, it would be very sad to see the AMD code gone from the
> master branch. Even the code for some unpopular boards like Intel
> Atom-based EOL "Mohron Peak" was allowed to stay! Why AMD boards are
> considered worse? The sole idea of AMD code going away, which will
> affect many alive-and-kicking coreboot-supported AMD boards, is beyond
> my comprehension

This is why I was advocating a gentle demotion to second class status.
You can still use the AGESA code where needed, but native intialization
would be preferred for new ports.

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Timothy Pearson
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