linux-kernel - [PATCH 15/15] ARM: mark footbridge as deprecated

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Message-Id: <20241204102904.1863796-16-arnd@kernel.org>
Date: Wed,  4 Dec 2024 11:29:04 +0100
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
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	Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>,
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	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Ralph Siemsen <ralph.siemsen@...aro.org>,
	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Subject: [PATCH 15/15] ARM: mark footbridge as deprecated

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Along with RiscPC and SA1100, these are the last remaining Intel StrongARM
machines. The Corel NetWinder used to be particular popular in the late
1990s, but was discontinued during the bankruptcy of rebel.com in 2001.
The other machine is the DEC (later Intel) EBSA285 evaluation board that
was made in small numbers in 1997 for software developers.

The footbridge/netwinder platform was the main target for the first Debian
2.0 "Hamm" release on the Arm architecture back in 1998, but was dropped
in Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" in 2011, which only supported ARMv4T and higher
with the EABI based ports as ARMv4 hardware had fallen already out of
use by that time.

Link: http://netwinder.org/
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: Ralph Siemsen <ralph.siemsen@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 arch/arm/mach-footbridge/Kconfig | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/Kconfig
index 78189997caa1..1ac37cadb201 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 menuconfig ARCH_FOOTBRIDGE
-	bool "FootBridge Implementations"
+	bool "FootBridge Implementations (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V4 && !(ARCH_MULTI_V4T || ARCH_MULTI_V5)
 	depends on !(ARCH_MOXART || ARCH_GEMINI || ARCH_SA1100)
 	depends on ATAGS
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ menuconfig ARCH_FOOTBRIDGE
 	select NEED_MACH_MEMORY_H
 	help
 	  Support for systems based on the DC21285 companion chip
-	  ("FootBridge"), such as the Simtec CATS and the Rebel NetWinder.
+	  ("FootBridge"), used in the EBSA285 and the Rebel NetWinder.
+
+	  Support for these machines will go away in 2025,
+	  unless there are any remaining users that speak up.
 
 if ARCH_FOOTBRIDGE
 
-- 
2.39.5