From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A9768C43458 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 2026 11:59:57 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=V59F5LeFLLk0hiR6HVyBNdzVUev2yIANYpC8FeFlguU=; b=ruILNhu+AIdLlngSMdVHbVrx51 aA+lchst11CXNlWqGDhNbFNwISxNhocEh0WnFZy4hd2WEoPhBy/IPODNdAeZsMu+1c5qSrPuXDxvp 655n/G0ET8ZggPk5kIsdyRIAmBp0Vmw5gbWfyvPKmM5VULuWc2koSuS9yJNXJs9TRjYbc4v6O1JUq tEwGd8gsvxPQW5A91M0iKtmKAadKICDhIK0mfKjgUzgn5wERYZJ9U/x9Yfwcbh+k3qYaRBzSYy1Tx X/L3HCul1SXBz8G81LPDF/EMAiQtgbOBQtMFpBAPg4hWGUGhY1G56hAzkUoDA2VYoSb+u4TmeqHwM nv3+77gA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wfG59-00000004N9s-0whM; Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:59:51 +0000 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([2001:8b0:10b:1236::1]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wfG57-00000004N7q-0UD1 for linux-arm-kernel@bombadil.infradead.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:59:49 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=casper.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=V59F5LeFLLk0hiR6HVyBNdzVUev2yIANYpC8FeFlguU=; b=OutkGWzxXx7M8LQMhloU9ATZyR Iye5/XEP+f1z6Ye/tHyHi5lEF/ahNeLVw90RxSDKUf/V4zXneTqBq4a/TpdchvDuT6OWw63K9JQl5 UC88leaNfUs/KCVMbpVo4JA5DvSldIrc55gfU99M8mUvCk/0/h2B91LAk1o8voXmHC0FQi3gh5t3V reX40qWgzBSv1VnN5vPRtMp+Hdg0ETCOZX0tzJEjC6oV0FAYn617MBep2vePX8DfgLsdSCMNDi5w9 00vYAaj0iTlks2rTV3PKWpvxw9SF+4f4KxJ5ZjdS27MEUAPBiEp4DPY/I16G6UlXewWTytCCD2ZPi bEtbk3Jg==; Received: from [72.10.137.214] (helo=rfs.netwinder.org) by casper.infradead.org with esmtpsa (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wfG4z-00000008Tfh-24bT; Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:59:42 +0000 Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 07:59:40 -0400 From: Ralph Siemsen To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, soc@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, 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 , Linus Walleij Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/19] ARM: update FPE_NWFPE help text Message-ID: References: <20260701212353.2196041-1-arnd@kernel.org> <20260701212353.2196041-10-arnd@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260701212353.2196041-10-arnd@kernel.org> X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by casper.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 11:23:43PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > >The help text is seriously outdated and predates the introduction of >VFP floating point units that were available as early as some ARM926 >based systems. > >Change the help text to reflect that this is now a legacy feature >and that it will go away along with OABI support in the future. Indeed NWFPE was initially added in order to be able to execute pre-existing binaries from even earlier systems. Once soft-float became available in the toolchain, the netwinder userspace was rebuilt, and NWFPE became largely unnecessary. All of this happened in the early 2000's. >Acked-by: Linus Walleij >Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Acked-by: Ralph Siemsen Regards, Ralph