Re: [PATCH 1/2] MAINTAINERS: Mark "Microchip PolarFire SoC Icicle Kit" orphaned

On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 5:51 AM Conor Dooley <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 07:04:14PM +0800, Bin Meng wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 7:44 PM Markus Armbruster <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Commit 4a16a1a7ad (MAINTAINERS: Remove Bin Meng from RISC-V
> > > maintainers, 2025-01-28) removed the only M:, but left S: Supported.
> > > This makes no sense.  Downgrade to S: Orphan.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > >  MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > > index 576ef6fff5..aa2df9cbe3 100644
> > > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > @@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ F: tests/tcg/riscv64/test-crc32.S
> > >
> > >  Microchip PolarFire SoC Icicle Kit
> > >  L: [email protected]
> > > -S: Supported
> > > +S: Orphan
> > >  F: docs/system/riscv/microchip-icicle-kit.rst
> > >  F: hw/riscv/microchip_pfsoc.c
> > >  F: hw/char/mchp_pfsoc_mmuart.c
> > > --
> >
> > I plan to send a patch series to resurrect PolarFire SoC support.
>
> What does this resurrection constitute? The files aren't gone anywhere
> (yet, at least), so I take it you mean you'll be actively working on the
> platform?

Yes, I will rework HSS boot support to accommodate newer versions,
just as HSS was originally supported years ago.

Regards,
Bin