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Wed, 9 Sep 2026 08:24:41 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=mleia.com; s=mail; t=1788942281; bh=DALhJgrp1N9sdmCEOJnvPHzTPos7appyxxVQnOEMFCw=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=rvGrjhs4cfqezCJ6hO0AJ62He6bHVP8uw0YXLGtu5sbsG0wXu/5zCZ65jVSllKuSp 7uX14J/0ozSfzLe8xVzKZwO6PQ6/Ln9GzgF2KTyHiIlA5SFEoc5W3rZyj5SkP9MoPs DHAK0SaFNzAOTv8W3fjNSdXOzu3wGRhsGufLqdsoPg9ddXAYi2MXt1sc8zzMWG6WeZ lp5RudD6KD4M4zz6+wkYnAqvevlpPBgs+nerzAtxWsOAU/G8XnIa+0O7pvuFx6YosK n47k0eDeoCzxXrxxAwyylucyqzTfV5s8EtBr904uzOHvikCcUv1qJm2UZv9FgToWTg mfw1y+VAyVZLQ== Message-ID: Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 11:24:34 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/13] ARM: imx: remove i.MX31 SoC support To: Arnd Bergmann , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Alexandre Belloni , Linus Walleij , Russell King Cc: Drew Fustini , Arnd Bergmann , Rob Herring , Conor Dooley , Liviu Dudau , Sudeep Holla , Lorenzo Pieralisi , Frank Li , Sascha Hauer , Pengutronix Kernel Team , Fabio Estevam , Stefan Agner , Maxime Coquelin , Alexandre Torgue , Aaro Koskinen , Andreas Kemnade , Kevin Hilman , Roger Quadros , Tony Lindgren , Nicolas Ferre , Claudiu Beznea , Andrew Lunn , Sebastian Hesselbarth , Gregory Clement , Robert Jarzmik , Kristoffer Ericson , Ethan Nelson-Moore , Geert Uytterhoeven , Alexander Sverdlin , Shawn Guo , Karl Mehltretter , "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" , Nicolas Pitre , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, imx@lists.linux.dev, linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, Krzysztof Kozlowski References: <20260908152808.3928630-1-arnd@kernel.org> <20260908152808.3928630-8-arnd@kernel.org> From: Vladimir Zapolskiy In-Reply-To: <20260908152808.3928630-8-arnd@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-49551924 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260909_082441_623355_2FCF1B4C X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 16.73 ) ln: failed to access 'reaver_cache/texts/20260909_082441_623355_2FCF1B4C': No such file or directory X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.9.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260909_082441_623355_2FCF1B4C X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 14.13 ) 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 9/8/26 18:27, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > From: Arnd Bergmann > > The Freescale i.MX31 was an early SoC based on the ARM1136r0 CPU core. It > was used in the Bug Labs modular computer but ultimately much less > popular than most other i.MX SoCs. > > As the ARM1136r0 support is causing a lot of extra maintenance effort > to keep alive and there are no known users, remove i.MX31 in order to > allow removing support for that CPU core altogether. > > The related i.MX35 is based on a slightly newer ARM1136r1 CPU core that > does not have this problem, so there is no reason to remove that. > > Cc: Russell King > Cc: Frank Li > Cc: Sascha Hauer > Cc: Pengutronix Kernel Team > Cc: Fabio Estevam > Cc: Rob Herring > Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski > Cc: Conor Dooley > Cc: imx@lists.linux.dev > Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Acked-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy I still do possess a LogicPD i.MX31 Lite board, which boots the upstream kernel, but there is no plan to maintain it further. -- Best wishes, Vladimir