From: Ralph Siemsen <ralphs@netwinder.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/19] ARM: update DEPRECATED_PARAM_STRUCT removal timeline
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 08:04:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <akZTtfOqEftfT3ZS@rfs.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46f76624-ba35-427d-8a60-ec0fe39e5b8c@app.fastmail.com>
On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 07:36:02AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>On Thu, Jul 2, 2026, at 02:54, Ethan Nelson-Moore wrote:
>> Hi, Arnd,
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:
>>> This configuration option is for the older boot method that preceeded
>>> ATAGS. This was scheduled for removal back in 2001, but the removal
>>> never happened, presumably because nobody cared enough to actually do it,
>>> not because there are any users left.
>>
>> Only netwinder_defconfig selects this option. Do the most recent
>> NetWinder firmware versions actually need it? (LinusW, do you know
>> this?) If not, can't we just drop it entirely?
Support for ATAG was added in firmware v2.0.6 in roughly Jan 1999,
meanwhile the most recent firmware is v2.3.3 (still 20+ years old).
It is quite safe to disable support for the older parameter method.
>If all StrongARM platforms are on the way out after the LTS kernel,
>I don't see a need to remove this any earlier, even if the chance
>that it's still needed is low.
Also agree with this, might as well remove it all in one go.
Regards,
Ralph
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-02 12:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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
2026-07-02 7:42 ` Nicolas Ferre
2026-07-02 8:34 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-02 12:57 ` Alexandre Belloni
2026-07-02 16:10 ` Aaro Koskinen
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 02/19] ARM: limit OABI support to StrongARM CPUs Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-02 13:36 ` Alexandre Belloni
2026-07-02 13:40 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 03/19] ARM: rework ARM11 CPU selection logic Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-02 13:46 ` Alexandre Belloni
2026-07-02 13:49 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-02 16:14 ` Aaro Koskinen
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 04/19] ARM: deprecate support for ARM1136r0 Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 22:11 ` Vladimir Zapolskiy
2026-07-02 16:59 ` Aaro Koskinen
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
2026-07-02 6:31 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-02 17:00 ` Aaro Koskinen
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
2026-07-02 6:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 07/19] ARM: update DEPRECATED_PARAM_STRUCT removal timeline Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-02 0:54 ` Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-07-02 5:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-02 12:04 ` Ralph Siemsen [this message]
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
2026-07-02 11:59 ` Ralph Siemsen
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
2026-07-02 13:50 ` 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
2026-07-02 13:08 ` Ralph Siemsen
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
2026-07-02 7:39 ` Nicolas Ferre
2026-07-02 8:43 ` Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-02 14:25 ` Frank Li
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 18/19] ARM: mark axxia platform " Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 22:41 ` Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-07-02 5:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-01 21:23 ` [PATCH v2 19/19] ARM: mark mv78xx0 support " Arnd Bergmann
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