linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: qualcomm: Remove QDF24xx support

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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:34:11 -0600
From: Timur Tabi <timur@...nel.org>
To: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>
Cc: Timur Tabi <timur@...nel.org>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
	Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@...ainline.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: qualcomm: Remove QDF24xx support

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 6:02 AM Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aroorg> wrote:
>
> This SoC family was destined for server use, featuring Qualcomm's very
> interesting Kryo cores (before "Kryo" became a marketing term for Arm
> cores with small modifications). It did however not leave the labs of
> Qualcomm and presumably some partners, nor was it ever productized.
>
> Remove the related drivers, as they seem to be long obsolete.
>
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>

Sad day indeed, but understandable.

Acked-by: Timur Tabi <timur@...nel.org>

If you're looking for other QDF stuff to remove, the QDF2400 hacks in
the SBSA UART driver really should go.