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Message-ID: <20070730114914.GN16817@stusta.de>
Date:	Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:49:14 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	ian <spyro@....com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	john@...world.co.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rmk@....linux.org.uk
Subject: [2.6 patch] Remove the arm26 port

On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 11:58:46PM +0100, ian wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-07-29 at 13:50 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > Considering the state of the arm26 port, I do hereby suggest to remove 
> > it from the Linx kernel since it's far from a usable state and doesn't 
> > seem to come back into a usable state.
> > 
> > If anyone wants to work on getting this port back into a usable state in 
> > the forseeable future he should speak up now.
> 
> Hi guys.

Hi Ian,

> Obviously I havent had time to work on the port in some time now - I am
> ok with it being dropped - the work of splitting it out wont be lost and
> until its fixed up, its just in other peoples way.
> 
> If I get time to work on it in future, I'll let you all know.

thanks for your answer.

This email contains the patch to remove the arm26 architecture.

This is neither meant against you nor against the arm26 port, and I 
don't have any problems if you or anyone else will submit an arm26 port 
in a working state in the future.

> -Ian

cu
Adrian


<--  snip  -->


The arm26 port has been in a state where it was far from even compiling 
for quite some time.

Ian Molton agreed with the removal.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>

---

Due to its size, the patch is attached compressed.

 MAINTAINERS                                |   15 
 arch/arm/nwfpe/Makefile                    |    1 
 arch/arm/nwfpe/entry26.S                   |  112 
 arch/arm26/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS                |   29 
 arch/arm26/Kconfig                         |  253 -
 arch/arm26/Kconfig.debug                   |   50 
 arch/arm26/Makefile                        |  107 
 arch/arm26/boot/Makefile                   |   83 
 arch/arm26/boot/compressed/Makefile        |   50 
 arch/arm26/boot/compressed/head.S          |  516 ---
 arch/arm26/boot/compressed/ll_char_wr.S    |  162 
 arch/arm26/boot/compressed/misc.c          |  316 -
 arch/arm26/boot/compressed/uncompress.h    |  110 
 arch/arm26/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in  |   60 
 arch/arm26/boot/install.sh                 |   62 
 arch/arm26/defconfig                       |  361 --
 arch/arm26/kernel/Makefile                 |   17 
 arch/arm26/kernel/armksyms.c               |  204 -
 arch/arm26/kernel/asm-offsets.c            |   55 
 arch/arm26/kernel/calls.S                  |  265 -
 arch/arm26/kernel/compat.c                 |  173 -
 arch/arm26/kernel/dma.c                    |  273 -
 arch/arm26/kernel/ecard.c                  |  847 -----
 arch/arm26/kernel/entry.S                  |  951 -----
 arch/arm26/kernel/fiq.c                    |  201 -
 arch/arm26/kernel/head.S                   |  112 
 arch/arm26/kernel/init_task.c              |   49 
 arch/arm26/kernel/irq.c                    |  722 ----
 arch/arm26/kernel/process.c                |  392 --
 arch/arm26/kernel/ptrace.c                 |  670 ----
 arch/arm26/kernel/ptrace.h                 |   13 
 arch/arm26/kernel/semaphore.c              |  222 -
 arch/arm26/kernel/setup.c                  |  572 ---
 arch/arm26/kernel/signal.c                 |  538 ---
 arch/arm26/kernel/sys_arm.c                |  323 -
 arch/arm26/kernel/time.c                   |  210 -
 arch/arm26/kernel/traps.c                  |  548 ---
 arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26-xip.lds.in |  136 
 arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26.lds.in     |  129 
 arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S            |   11 
 arch/arm26/lib/Makefile                    |   26 
 arch/arm26/lib/ashldi3.c                   |   61 
 arch/arm26/lib/ashrdi3.c                   |   61 
 arch/arm26/lib/backtrace.S                 |  144 
 arch/arm26/lib/changebit.S                 |   28 
 arch/arm26/lib/clearbit.S                  |   31 
 arch/arm26/lib/copy_page.S                 |   62 
 arch/arm26/lib/csumipv6.S                  |   32 
 arch/arm26/lib/csumpartial.S               |  130 
 arch/arm26/lib/csumpartialcopy.S           |   52 
 arch/arm26/lib/csumpartialcopygeneric.S    |  352 --
 arch/arm26/lib/csumpartialcopyuser.S       |  114 
 arch/arm26/lib/delay.S                     |   57 
 arch/arm26/lib/ecard.S                     |   40 
 arch/arm26/lib/findbit.S                   |   67 
 arch/arm26/lib/floppydma.S                 |   32 
 arch/arm26/lib/gcclib.h                    |   21 
 arch/arm26/lib/getuser.S                   |  112 
 arch/arm26/lib/io-acorn.S                  |   70 
 arch/arm26/lib/io-readsb.S                 |  116 
 arch/arm26/lib/io-readsl.S                 |   78 
 arch/arm26/lib/io-readsw.S                 |  107 
 arch/arm26/lib/io-writesb.S                |  122 
 arch/arm26/lib/io-writesl.S                |   56 
 arch/arm26/lib/io-writesw.S                |  127 
 arch/arm26/lib/kbd.c                       |  278 -
 arch/arm26/lib/lib1funcs.S                 |  313 -
 arch/arm26/lib/longlong.h                  |  184 -
 arch/arm26/lib/lshrdi3.c                   |   61 
 arch/arm26/lib/memchr.S                    |   25 
 arch/arm26/lib/memcpy.S                    |  318 -
 arch/arm26/lib/memset.S                    |   80 
 arch/arm26/lib/memzero.S                   |   80 
 arch/arm26/lib/muldi3.c                    |   77 
 arch/arm26/lib/putuser.S                   |  109 
 arch/arm26/lib/setbit.S                    |   29 
 arch/arm26/lib/strchr.S                    |   25 
 arch/arm26/lib/strrchr.S                   |   25 
 arch/arm26/lib/testchangebit.S             |   29 
 arch/arm26/lib/testclearbit.S              |   29 
 arch/arm26/lib/testsetbit.S                |   29 
 arch/arm26/lib/uaccess-kernel.S            |  173 -
 arch/arm26/lib/uaccess-user.S              |  718 ----
 arch/arm26/lib/ucmpdi2.c                   |   51 
 arch/arm26/lib/udivdi3.c                   |  242 -
 arch/arm26/machine/Makefile                |    8 
 arch/arm26/machine/dma.c                   |  214 -
 arch/arm26/machine/irq.c                   |  164 -
 arch/arm26/machine/latches.c               |   72 
 arch/arm26/mm/Makefile                     |    6 
 arch/arm26/mm/extable.c                    |   24 
 arch/arm26/mm/fault.c                      |  312 -
 arch/arm26/mm/fault.h                      |    5 
 arch/arm26/mm/init.c                       |  403 --
 arch/arm26/mm/memc.c                       |  184 -
 arch/arm26/mm/proc-funcs.S                 |  359 --
 arch/arm26/mm/small_page.c                 |  192 -
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/ARM-gcc.h                 |  120 
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/ChangeLog                 |   83 
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/Makefile                  |   15 
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/double_cpdo.c             |  288 -
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/entry.S                   |  114 
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/extended_cpdo.c           |  273 -
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/fpa11.c                   |  221 -
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/fpa11.h                   |   87 
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/fpa11.inl                 |   51 
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/fpa11_cpdo.c              |  117 
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/fpa11_cpdt.c              |  368 --
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/fpa11_cprt.c              |  289 -
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/fpmodule.c                |  180 -
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/fpmodule.h                |   46 
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/fpmodule.inl              |   84 
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/fpopcode.c                |  148 
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/fpopcode.h                |  390 --
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/fpsr.h                    |  108 
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/milieu.h                  |   48 
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/single_cpdo.c             |  255 -
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/softfloat-macros          |  740 ----
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/softfloat-specialize      |  366 --
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/softfloat.c               | 3439 ---------------------
 arch/arm26/nwfpe/softfloat.h               |  232 -
 drivers/acorn/README                       |    1 
 drivers/acorn/block/Kconfig                |   36 
 drivers/acorn/block/Makefile               |    9 
 drivers/acorn/block/fd1772.c               | 1604 ---------
 drivers/acorn/block/fd1772dma.S            |  100 
 drivers/acorn/block/mfm.S                  |  162 
 drivers/acorn/block/mfmhd.c                | 1385 --------
 drivers/ide/Kconfig                        |    2 
 drivers/ide/arm/ide_arm.c                  |   20 
 drivers/rtc/Kconfig                        |    2 
 drivers/scsi/arm/Kconfig                   |    9 
 drivers/scsi/arm/Makefile                  |    1 
 drivers/scsi/arm/ecoscsi.c                 |  166 -
 drivers/video/acornfb.c                    |   20 
 include/asm-arm26/a.out.h                  |   39 
 include/asm-arm26/assembler.h              |  106 
 include/asm-arm26/atomic.h                 |  123 
 include/asm-arm26/auxvec.h                 |    4 
 include/asm-arm26/bitops.h                 |  207 -
 include/asm-arm26/bug.h                    |   19 
 include/asm-arm26/bugs.h                   |   15 
 include/asm-arm26/byteorder.h              |   24 
 include/asm-arm26/cache.h                  |   12 
 include/asm-arm26/cacheflush.h             |   53 
 include/asm-arm26/checksum.h               |  151 
 include/asm-arm26/constants.h              |   28 
 include/asm-arm26/cputime.h                |    6 
 include/asm-arm26/current.h                |   15 
 include/asm-arm26/delay.h                  |   34 
 include/asm-arm26/device.h                 |    7 
 include/asm-arm26/div64.h                  |    1 
 include/asm-arm26/dma.h                    |  183 -
 include/asm-arm26/ecard.h                  |  294 -
 include/asm-arm26/elf.h                    |   77 
 include/asm-arm26/emergency-restart.h      |    6 
 include/asm-arm26/errno.h                  |    6 
 include/asm-arm26/fb.h                     |   12 
 include/asm-arm26/fcntl.h                  |   13 
 include/asm-arm26/fiq.h                    |   37 
 include/asm-arm26/floppy.h                 |  141 
 include/asm-arm26/fpstate.h                |   29 
 include/asm-arm26/futex.h                  |    6 
 include/asm-arm26/hardirq.h                |   32 
 include/asm-arm26/hardware.h               |  109 
 include/asm-arm26/ide.h                    |   34 
 include/asm-arm26/io.h                     |  434 --
 include/asm-arm26/ioc.h                    |   72 
 include/asm-arm26/ioctl.h                  |    1 
 include/asm-arm26/ioctls.h                 |   85 
 include/asm-arm26/ipc.h                    |    1 
 include/asm-arm26/ipcbuf.h                 |   29 
 include/asm-arm26/irq.h                    |   43 
 include/asm-arm26/irqchip.h                |  101 
 include/asm-arm26/kdebug.h                 |    1 
 include/asm-arm26/kmap_types.h             |   12 
 include/asm-arm26/leds.h                   |   50 
 include/asm-arm26/limits.h                 |   11 
 include/asm-arm26/linkage.h                |    7 
 include/asm-arm26/local.h                  |    2 
 include/asm-arm26/locks.h                  |  161 
 include/asm-arm26/mach-types.h             |   36 
 include/asm-arm26/map.h                    |   24 
 include/asm-arm26/mc146818rtc.h            |   28 
 include/asm-arm26/memory.h                 |  101 
 include/asm-arm26/mman.h                   |   17 
 include/asm-arm26/mmu.h                    |    9 
 include/asm-arm26/mmu_context.h            |   53 
 include/asm-arm26/module.h                 |    7 
 include/asm-arm26/msgbuf.h                 |   31 
 include/asm-arm26/namei.h                  |   25 
 include/asm-arm26/oldlatches.h             |   37 
 include/asm-arm26/page.h                   |  102 
 include/asm-arm26/param.h                  |   33 
 include/asm-arm26/parport.h                |   18 
 include/asm-arm26/pci.h                    |    6 
 include/asm-arm26/percpu.h                 |    6 
 include/asm-arm26/pgalloc.h                |   70 
 include/asm-arm26/pgtable.h                |  298 -
 include/asm-arm26/poll.h                   |    8 
 include/asm-arm26/posix_types.h            |   81 
 include/asm-arm26/proc-fns.h               |   49 
 include/asm-arm26/processor.h              |  113 
 include/asm-arm26/procinfo.h               |   56 
 include/asm-arm26/ptrace.h                 |  104 
 include/asm-arm26/resource.h               |    6 
 include/asm-arm26/scatterlist.h            |   26 
 include/asm-arm26/sections.h               |    2 
 include/asm-arm26/segment.h                |   11 
 include/asm-arm26/semaphore-helper.h       |   84 
 include/asm-arm26/semaphore.h              |  100 
 include/asm-arm26/sembuf.h                 |   25 
 include/asm-arm26/serial.h                 |   44 
 include/asm-arm26/setup.h                  |  209 -
 include/asm-arm26/shmbuf.h                 |   42 
 include/asm-arm26/shmparam.h               |   15 
 include/asm-arm26/sigcontext.h             |   33 
 include/asm-arm26/siginfo.h                |    6 
 include/asm-arm26/signal.h                 |  176 -
 include/asm-arm26/sizes.h                  |   52 
 include/asm-arm26/smp.h                    |    9 
 include/asm-arm26/socket.h                 |   55 
 include/asm-arm26/sockios.h                |   13 
 include/asm-arm26/spinlock.h               |    6 
 include/asm-arm26/stat.h                   |   77 
 include/asm-arm26/statfs.h                 |    8 
 include/asm-arm26/string.h                 |   43 
 include/asm-arm26/suspend.h                |    4 
 include/asm-arm26/sysirq.h                 |   60 
 include/asm-arm26/system.h                 |  247 -
 include/asm-arm26/termbits.h               |  196 -
 include/asm-arm26/termios.h                |   92 
 include/asm-arm26/thread_info.h            |  140 
 include/asm-arm26/timex.h                  |   29 
 include/asm-arm26/tlb.h                    |   63 
 include/asm-arm26/tlbflush.h               |   70 
 include/asm-arm26/topology.h               |    6 
 include/asm-arm26/types.h                  |   59 
 include/asm-arm26/uaccess-asm.h            |  153 
 include/asm-arm26/uaccess.h                |  293 -
 include/asm-arm26/ucontext.h               |   12 
 include/asm-arm26/unaligned.h              |  118 
 include/asm-arm26/uncompress.h             |  111 
 include/asm-arm26/unistd.h                 |  343 --
 include/asm-arm26/user.h                   |   84 
 include/asm-arm26/xor.h                    |  141 
 include/linux/mmzone.h                     |    1 
 lib/Kconfig.debug                          |    2 
 248 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 35817 deletions(-)


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