linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 10/11] x86: remove old STA2x11 support

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VcvZh7+a1aLj7fYNLDAzGXCM-13SRYkCWWAEVAaysrvtw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 17:39:44 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, 
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, 
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, 
	Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/11] x86: remove old STA2x11 support

On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 4:50 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> ST ConneXt STA2x11 was an interface chip for Atom E6xx processors,
> using a number of components usually found on Arm SoCs. Most of this
> was merged upstream, but it was never complete enough to actually work
> and has been abandoned for many years.
>
> We already had an agreement on removing it in 2022, but nobody ever
> submitted the patch to do it.
>
> Without STA2x11, the CONFIG_X86_32_NON_STANDARD no longer has any
> use.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Yw3DKCuDoPkCaqxE@arcana.i.gnudd.com/
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Hmm... Haven't you got a tag for (at least) this one?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko