Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] PCI: dwc: Remove not-going-to-be-supported code for Baikal SoC

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 07:37:42PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 03:57:46PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 07:21:22PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 03:21:12PM +0100, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > As noticed in the discussion [1] the Baikal SoC and platforms
> > > > are not going to be finalized, hence remove stale code.
> > > > 
> > > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/22b92ddf-6321-41b5-8073-f9c7064d3432@infradead.org/ [1]
> > > > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> > > 
> > > I see Arnd's comment in the above thread:
> > > 
> > > "I don't think we'll merge the rest of Baikal, we should probably
> > > remove the entire platform."
> > > 
> > > But is there more to the story?
> > 
> > The Baikal enterprise is Russian entity under OFAC sanctions.
> 
> Yeah, I knew that part,

Then I can't tell you anything new :-)

> but didn't know that we decided to remove the platform altogether.

It was never fully added to begin with. That's why Arnd's reply is the above.
It's half-baked and hence a dead (stale) code altogether. Bulk which would
only waste our resources for supporting unused code.

> But I can see patches floating around for other subsystems and
> getting applied, so I will do that same for these PCI host controller patches.

Thank you!

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko