Re: [PATCH v2 19/19] ARM: mark mv78xx0 support as deprecated

[Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@bootlin.com>]

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> writes:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> Only one machine remains supported and was kept in 2022 for the
> Debian_on_Buffalo project that was still using this, with plans to
> convert it to devicetree.
>
> The conversion never happened, and Debian_on_Buffalo does not provide
> kernels later than linux-6.1, so it is unlikely to still be useful
> for a DT conversion in the future.
>
> Mark the platform for deprecation after the next LTS kernel, which
> should give any remaining users a few more years of bugfixes.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221019150410.3851944-6-arnd@kernel.org/
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Acked-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@bootlin.com>

Thanks,

Gregory
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig
> index 670e6587827e..98b35f5d05ba 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>  menuconfig ARCH_MV78XX0
> -	bool "Marvell MV78xx0"
> +	bool "Marvell MV78xx0 (DEPRECATED)"
>  	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V5
>  	depends on CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
>  	depends on ATAGS
> @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ menuconfig ARCH_MV78XX0
>  	  Support for the following Marvell MV78xx0 series SoCs:
>  	  MV781x0, MV782x0.
>  
> +	  This platform is scheduled for removal in early 2027.
> +
>  if ARCH_MV78XX0
>  
>  config MACH_TERASTATION_WXL
> -- 
> 2.39.5
>

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