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@ 2026-07-01 21:23 Arnd Bergmann
  2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 01/19] ARM: use CONFIG_AEABI by default everywhere Arnd Bergmann
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From: Arnd Bergmann @ 2026-07-01 21:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-arm-kernel, soc
  Cc: linux-kernel, Arnd Bergmann, Aaro Koskinen, Alexander Sverdlin,
	Alexandre Belloni, Alexandre Torgue, Andrew Lunn, Ard Biesheuvel,
	Claudiu Beznea, Daniel Mack, Ethan Nelson-Moore, Frank Li,
	Gregory Clement, Haojian Zhuang, Jeremy J. Peper,
	Kristoffer Ericson, Krzysztof Kozlowski, Linus Walleij,
	Mark Brown, Marc Zyngier, Mike Rapoport, Nicolas Ferre,
	Patrice Chotard, Ralph Siemsen, Robert Jarzmik, Russell King,
	Sascha Hauer, Sebastian Hesselbarth, Stefan Agner, Stefan Wiehler,
	Tony Lindgren, Vladimir Zapolskiy, Will Deacon

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Sorry for dropping the ball on v1 of this series almost two years ago.
This is attempt to bring the source code to the state that we discussed
back in 2024, regarding a timeline for deprecating and removing features,
in particular platforms and ABIs that are basically unused and are
also getting in the way of maintenance.

The earlier consensus was to remove these features in 2025 or 2026
after the corresponding LTS kernel release. I would suggest pushing
these to early 2027 now, see the patch description for details on
each one:

 - all board files that are still not converted to DT
   (except for OMAP1 and S3C)

 - iWMMXt FPU support

 - ARMv6/ARM1136r0 (not ARMv6K/ARM1136r1/ARM1176) along with the
   OMAP24xx and i.MX31 SoCs using it

 - Cortex-M3/M4/M7 based microcontroller support
   (stm32, imxrt, lpc18xx, samv7)

 - LSI Axxia platform

 - OABI, OABI-compat and NWFPE are confined to StrongARM based
   builds and scheduled for removal once StrongARM is gone.

 - DEPRECATED_PARAM_STRUCT, which was originally scheduled for
   removal in 2006 (!)

The ARCH_S3C64XX platform was scheduled for removal in 2024, but is
still actively used and will get removed once Mark Brown stops using
it. The OMAP1 platform has some remaining boardfiles and is expected to
get converted to DT.

Big-endian ARMv7 CPU support is not scheduled for removal but marked
as broken the same way as ARM64 has, to reduce the need for testing
unused configurations. This may be removed in the future if arm64 does
it as well (note: big-endian ARMv5 support is not deprecated because
it is used by ixp4xx).

Regarding actually removing the code, I would suggest linux-7.4 (January
2027), removing both the board files and any drivers that have either
become newly unused or were missed in a previous machine removal series,
followed by removing support for then unused CPUs a release later.

Maintainers of the above features, please provide Acks or let me know
if you think any of them need to hand around for longer.

Changes since v1:

  - fix build failures for ARMv6 patch
  - update timelines
  - add a few more patches for features that were not
    quite as obsolete two years ago

Links to previous discussion:

  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20210109174357.GB1551@shell.armlinux.org.uk/
  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/2831c5a6-cfbf-4fe0-b51c-0396e5b0aeb7@app.fastmail.com/
  https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241204102904.1863796-1-arnd@kernel.org/

Arnd Bergmann (19):
  ARM: use CONFIG_AEABI by default everywhere
  ARM: limit OABI support to StrongARM CPUs
  ARM: rework ARM11 CPU selection logic
  ARM: deprecate support for ARM1136r0
  ARM: turn CONFIG_ATAGS off by default
  ARM: mark CPU_ENDIAN_BE8 as deprecated
  ARM: update DEPRECATED_PARAM_STRUCT removal timeline
  ARM: s3c64xx: extend deprecation schedule
  ARM: update FPE_NWFPE help text
  ARM: mark IWMMXT as deprecated
  ARM: mark ARCH_DOVE as deprecated
  ARM: PXA: mark remaining board files as deprecated
  ARM: orion5x: mark all board files as deprecated
  ARM: mark mach-sa1100 as deprecated
  ARM: mark RiscPC as deprecated
  ARM: mark footbridge as deprecated
  ARM: mark Cortex-M3/M4/M7 based boards as deprecated
  ARM: mark axxia platform as deprecated
  ARM: mark mv78xx0 support as deprecated

 arch/arm/Kconfig                        | 80 ++++++++++++++-----------
 arch/arm/Kconfig.platforms              |  2 +-
 arch/arm/configs/am200epdkit_defconfig  |  3 +-
 arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g4_defconfig    |  2 -
 arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g5_defconfig    |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/assabet_defconfig      |  3 +
 arch/arm/configs/at91_dt_defconfig      |  2 -
 arch/arm/configs/axm55xx_defconfig      |  2 -
 arch/arm/configs/bcm2835_defconfig      |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/clps711x_defconfig     |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/collie_defconfig       |  2 +-
 arch/arm/configs/davinci_all_defconfig  |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/dove_defconfig         |  2 +-
 arch/arm/configs/ep93xx_defconfig       |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/footbridge_defconfig   |  2 +
 arch/arm/configs/gemini_defconfig       |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/h3600_defconfig        |  3 +-
 arch/arm/configs/hisi_defconfig         |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/imx_v4_v5_defconfig    |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/integrator_defconfig   |  2 -
 arch/arm/configs/ixp4xx_defconfig       |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/jornada720_defconfig   |  3 +-
 arch/arm/configs/keystone_defconfig     |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/lpc32xx_defconfig      |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/mmp2_defconfig         |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/moxart_defconfig       |  2 -
 arch/arm/configs/mps2_defconfig         |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/multi_v4t_defconfig    |  2 -
 arch/arm/configs/multi_v5_defconfig     | 10 ----
 arch/arm/configs/mv78xx0_defconfig      |  3 +-
 arch/arm/configs/mvebu_v5_defconfig     | 10 ----
 arch/arm/configs/mxs_defconfig          |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/neponset_defconfig     |  3 +
 arch/arm/configs/netwinder_defconfig    |  3 +
 arch/arm/configs/nhk8815_defconfig      |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/omap1_defconfig        |  3 +-
 arch/arm/configs/orion5x_defconfig      | 11 ----
 arch/arm/configs/pxa168_defconfig       |  2 -
 arch/arm/configs/pxa3xx_defconfig       |  2 -
 arch/arm/configs/pxa910_defconfig       |  2 -
 arch/arm/configs/pxa_defconfig          |  5 --
 arch/arm/configs/rpc_defconfig          |  3 +
 arch/arm/configs/s3c6400_defconfig      |  2 +
 arch/arm/configs/sama5_defconfig        |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/sama7_defconfig        |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/spear13xx_defconfig    |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/spitz_defconfig        |  2 +-
 arch/arm/configs/stm32_defconfig        |  3 +-
 arch/arm/configs/versatile_defconfig    |  2 -
 arch/arm/configs/vt8500_v6_v7_defconfig |  1 -
 arch/arm/configs/wpcm450_defconfig      |  2 -
 arch/arm/mach-at91/Kconfig              |  4 +-
 arch/arm/mach-axxia/Kconfig             |  4 +-
 arch/arm/mach-dove/Kconfig              |  8 ++-
 arch/arm/mach-footbridge/Kconfig        |  7 ++-
 arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig               | 13 +++-
 arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig           |  4 +-
 arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig             | 18 ++++--
 arch/arm/mach-orion5x/Kconfig           | 47 +++++++++++----
 arch/arm/mach-pxa/Kconfig               | 10 +++-
 arch/arm/mach-rpc/Kconfig               |  5 +-
 arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c64xx       | 15 +++--
 arch/arm/mach-sa1100/Kconfig            |  5 +-
 arch/arm/mach-stm32/Kconfig             | 14 +++--
 arch/arm/mach-versatile/Kconfig         | 15 +++--
 arch/arm/mm/Kconfig                     | 29 ++++++++-
 66 files changed, 227 insertions(+), 170 deletions(-)

-- 
2.39.5

Cc: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>
Cc: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>
Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>
Cc: Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>
Cc: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Cc: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
Cc: Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@bootlin.com>
Cc: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@gmail.com>
Cc: "Jeremy J. Peper" <jeremy@jeremypeper.com>
Cc: Kristoffer Ericson <kristoffer.ericson@gmail.com>
Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>
Cc: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@foss.st.com>
Cc: Ralph Siemsen <ralph.siemsen@linaro.org>
Cc: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>
Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com>
Cc: Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch>
Cc: Stefan Wiehler <stefan.wiehler@nokia.com>
Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Cc: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@mleia.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org

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2026-07-01 21:23 [PATCH v2 00/19] ARM: platform and feature deprecation Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 01/19] ARM: use CONFIG_AEABI by default everywhere Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 02/19] ARM: limit OABI support to StrongARM CPUs Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 03/19] ARM: rework ARM11 CPU selection logic Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 04/19] ARM: deprecate support for ARM1136r0 Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 22:11   ` Vladimir Zapolskiy
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 05/19] ARM: turn CONFIG_ATAGS off by default Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 22:22   ` Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 06/19] ARM: mark CPU_ENDIAN_BE8 as deprecated Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:57   ` Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 07/19] ARM: update DEPRECATED_PARAM_STRUCT removal timeline Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 08/19] ARM: s3c64xx: extend deprecation schedule Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 09/19] ARM: update FPE_NWFPE help text Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 10/19] ARM: mark IWMMXT as deprecated Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 11/19] ARM: mark ARCH_DOVE " Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 22:48   ` Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 12/19] ARM: PXA: mark remaining board files " Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 13/19] ARM: orion5x: mark all " Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 14/19] ARM: mark mach-sa1100 " Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 15/19] ARM: mark RiscPC " Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 16/19] ARM: mark footbridge " Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 17/19] ARM: mark Cortex-M3/M4/M7 based boards " Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 22:12   ` Vladimir Zapolskiy
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 18/19] ARM: mark axxia platform " Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 22:41   ` Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 19/19] ARM: mark mv78xx0 support " Arnd Bergmann

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