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[13/15] ARM: mark mach-sa1100 as deprecated

Message ID 20241204102904.1863796-14-arnd@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series ARM: platform and feature deprecation | expand

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Arnd Bergmann Dec. 4, 2024, 10:29 a.m. UTC 
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Most of the old StrongARM1100 machines were removed two years ago as part
of a wider cleanup, the remaining four were left either because someone
showed interest in converting them to devicetree, or because they were
still supported by qemu and therefore useful to keep the platform alive.

None of the devicetree conversion actually happened, and qemu has
marked the platform as deprecated, so do the same in the kernel now.

If anyone is still running one of these four machines and planning
to keep updating their kernels, please speak up now so we can adapt
the plans as needed.

If nobody is found using StrongARM1100 any more, it can be removing
during 2025, leaving 6.12-LTS as the last longterm support kernel
for it.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
 arch/arm/mach-sa1100/Kconfig | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Linus Walleij Dec. 4, 2024, 2:18 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 11:30 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> Most of the old StrongARM1100 machines were removed two years ago as part
> of a wider cleanup, the remaining four were left either because someone
> showed interest in converting them to devicetree, or because they were
> still supported by qemu and therefore useful to keep the platform alive.
>
> None of the devicetree conversion actually happened, and qemu has
> marked the platform as deprecated, so do the same in the kernel now.
>
> If anyone is still running one of these four machines and planning
> to keep updating their kernels, please speak up now so we can adapt
> the plans as needed.
>
> If nobody is found using StrongARM1100 any more, it can be removing
> during 2025, leaving 6.12-LTS as the last longterm support kernel
> for it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

I do have an HP Compaq iPAQ still running.

BUT. I know very well that me and anyone else who actually want
to keep running that platform better get our act together and convert
it to device tree if we want to continue using it. If others are up
for testing I can surely help out.

Kristoffer Ericson is still listed as MAINTAINER for the Journada
so including him in the mail thread.

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/Kconfig
index 0fb4c24cfad5..f3fa215fd254 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 menuconfig ARCH_SA1100
-	bool "SA11x0 Implementations"
+	bool "SA11x0 Implementations (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V4 && !(ARCH_MULTI_V4T || ARCH_MULTI_V5)
 	depends on !(ARCH_MOXART || ARCH_GEMINI)
 	depends on ATAGS
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@  menuconfig ARCH_SA1100
 	help
 	  Support for StrongARM 11x0 based boards.
 
+	  Support for these machines will go away in 2025,
+	  unless there are any remaining users that speak up.
+
 if ARCH_SA1100
 
 config SA1100_ASSABET