From: Ralph Siemsen <ralphs@netwinder.org>
To: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>,
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
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linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/13] ARM: remove footbridge
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 11:09:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aqF2q32M8iQ6qhAr@rfs.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAD++jLkzrp4hsOERqOt6Zc75p-+KoWj0Tvu6VQk=ma2kgDH=Qw@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 07:27:48PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
>On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:
>
>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>>
>> Footbridge was deprecated in 7.3 to be removed along with the other
>> StrongARM platforms and most remaining board files.
>>
>> The main machine here is the NetWinder, which was a popular Arm based
>> desktop PC in the late 1990s and contributed to Arm's later success as
>> an embedded Linux platform, but was discontinued over 25 years ago and
>> is no longer all that useful.
>>
>> I previously tried to convert this to devicetree in a sensible way but
>> gave up due to the platform being too different from modern SoC based
>> targets.
>>
>> Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
>> Cc: Ralph Siemsen <ralphs@netwinder.org>
>> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
>> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
>> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
>Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
>
>I have one of those machines and it boot mainline but I
>certainly consider it a paperweight at this point, I can't use
>it for anything useful.
Likewise, I have a NetWinder machine which has occasionally booted a
mainline kernel, along with fairly current buildroot initramfs. It has
been surprisingly smooth sailing, even the bx/bl compiler troubles seem
to have been sorted out these days.
It's a bit sad to see it go, in particular since it all works. But the
reality is that nobody seems to be running this hardware anymore, and
there is no community of active users anymore.
Acked-by: Ralph Siemsen <ralphs@netwinder.org>
Regards,
-Ralph
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-09 15:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-08 15:27 [PATCH 00/13] ARM: deprecated platform removal Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-08 15:27 ` [PATCH 02/13] ARM: remove footbridge Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-08 17:27 ` Linus Walleij
2026-09-09 15:09 ` Ralph Siemsen [this message]
2026-09-08 15:27 ` [PATCH 07/13] ARM: imx: remove i.MX31 SoC support Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-09 8:24 ` Vladimir Zapolskiy
2026-09-09 8:26 ` Daniel Baluta
2026-09-10 15:11 ` Frank Li
2026-09-08 15:27 ` [PATCH 09/13] ARM: lpc18xx: remove entire platform Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-08 17:36 ` Linus Walleij
2026-09-09 8:28 ` Vladimir Zapolskiy
2026-09-08 15:28 ` [PATCH 11/13] ARM: versatile: remove mps2 support Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-08 15:41 ` Vladimir Murzin
2026-09-08 17:37 ` Linus Walleij
2026-09-08 19:49 ` Sudeep Holla
2026-09-08 19:51 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-08 19:58 ` Sudeep Holla
2026-09-08 19:54 ` Sudeep Holla
2026-09-08 15:28 ` [PATCH 12/13] ARM: at91: remove samv7 support Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-08 17:39 ` Linus Walleij
2026-09-08 19:58 ` Sverdlin, Alexander
2026-09-08 21:09 ` Rob Herring
2026-09-08 21:30 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-10 12:25 ` Nicolas Ferre
2026-09-09 12:41 ` Alexandre Belloni
2026-09-10 12:23 ` Nicolas Ferre
2026-09-08 15:28 ` [PATCH 13/13] ARM: axxia: remove entire platform Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-08 17:40 ` Linus Walleij
2026-09-08 18:23 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-09-08 20:02 ` Sverdlin, Alexander
2026-09-08 16:53 ` [PATCH 00/13] ARM: deprecated platform removal Randy Dunlap
2026-09-08 16:56 ` Randy Dunlap
2026-09-08 18:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-08 18:39 ` Randy Dunlap
[not found] ` <20260908152808.3928630-5-arnd@kernel.org>
2026-09-08 17:30 ` [PATCH 04/13] ARM: remove legacy pxa board files Linus Walleij
[not found] ` <20260908152808.3928630-2-arnd@kernel.org>
2026-09-08 16:26 ` [PATCH 01/13] ARM: remove sa1100 platform Guenter Roeck
2026-09-08 17:23 ` Linus Walleij
2026-09-08 19:39 ` Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-08 20:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <ccd58677-5e25-1f9f-2bb4-d1770fce8ac4@fluxnic.net>
2026-09-08 21:26 ` David Laight
2026-09-08 21:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <20260908152808.3928630-4-arnd@kernel.org>
2026-09-09 16:42 ` [PATCH 03/13] ARM: remove riscpc Bart Van Assche
2026-09-09 20:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <20260908152808.3928630-9-arnd@kernel.org>
2026-09-09 20:17 ` [PATCH 08/13] ARM: imx: remove nommu support Fabio Estevam
2026-09-09 20:21 ` Fabio Estevam
2026-09-10 13:08 ` Jesse T
2026-09-10 16:08 ` Giulio Benetti
[not found] ` <20260908152808.3928630-11-arnd@kernel.org>
2026-09-08 17:36 ` [PATCH 10/13] ARM: stm32: remove stm32f4/f7/h7 MCU support Linus Walleij
2026-09-11 15:46 ` Alexandre TORGUE
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