Re: [PATCH] x86/olpc: select GPIOLIB_LEGACY

Arnd Bergmann
2026-04-30T06:52:02Z

On Wed, Apr 29, 2026, at 23:18, Andres Salomon wrote:
> On 4/29/26 16:39, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2026, at 00:39, Andres Salomon wrote:
>>> On 4/28/26 18:34, Linus Walleij wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> [...]
>>
>>> I can't speak for other (former) OLPC folks, but I donated my remaining
>>> OLPC hardware about seven years ago; so I no longer have any interest or
>>> ability to support the hardware.
>>
>> I see you are still listed as paid support for AMD Geode in the
>> MAINTAINERS file. Is that still the case, or did that end along
>> with your involvement in XO-1?
>>
>
> No, my involvement with anything Geode and OLPC ended years ago. Feel
> free to remove me from MAINTAINERS (unless someone has specific
> questions about hardware, which I'm happy to answer).

Ok, marking it 'Orphaned' is probably the right choice then,
or the x86 maintainers can decide to remove it right away.

>> Are you aware of any Geode users that still update their kernels?
>> I found that OpenWRT still publishes Geode builds (with XO-1
>> disabled, but everything else built in) but no indication that
>> anyone has actually run these after around 2017.
>
> Personally I don't know anyone, but I feel like those Geode thin clients
> are more likely to still be in use. A machine with 256MB of ram in 2026
> is going to be an absolutely miserable laptop to use, but that's still
> fine for a limited router or wifi access point. If you remove/disable
> the Geode stuff, you probably won't hear complaints until the next major
> OpenWRT release, though.

Ah right, I was only looking at the embedded boards that have custom
arch/x86/platform/ code. I guess the thin clients would
generally just work as long as the SoC and south bridge drivers
are there?

I'm also less worried about the thin clients, as they are unlikely
to be used for anything mission-critical but were rather repurposed
after the original owner replaced them with with Arm or x86-64
machines in the 2010s.

Arnd