From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC] Remove support for ARMv3 ARM610 and ARM710 CPUs
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 14:41:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201205041441.24573.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120504095645.GD26481@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
On Friday 04 May 2012, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> This patch removes support for ARMv3 CPUs, which haven't worked properly
> for quite some time (see the FIXME comment in arch/arm/mm/fault.c). The
> only V3 parts left is the cache model for ARMv3, which is needed for some
> odd reason by ARM740T CPUs, and being able to build with -march=armv3,
> which is required for the RiscPC platform due to its bus structure.
No objections to the patch, but I wonder if this change obsoletes any
hardware drivers in turn. Are there any RiscPC peripherals that are
only available on the older models?
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-04 14:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-04 9:56 [RFC] Remove support for ARMv3 ARM610 and ARM710 CPUs Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-05-04 11:16 ` Will Deacon
2012-05-04 14:41 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2012-05-04 14:46 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-05-04 15:02 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-05-04 15:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-05-04 15:38 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-05-04 15:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-05-04 15:39 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
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