From: Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>, x86@kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: mark AMD Geode support as orphaned
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 17:55:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <85594d69-5469-4829-97fa-876b80f779e8@queued.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260505212458.2263891-1-arnd@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>
Thanks Arnd!
On 5/5/26 17:21, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> Andres mentioned that he no longer has access to Geode hardware including
> the OLPC XO-1, so the MAINTAINERS entry is no longer accurate. I also
> noticed that the documentation link no longer works, as the product
> was finally discontinued a few years ago.
>
> Aside from the XO-1, there are still a few embeded boards with custom code
> in arch/x86/platforms/geode and a number of Geode based thin clients were
> shipped that may continue to work without any custom kernel code.
>
> Mark the platform as orphaned, remove the dead link, and update the
> files list to include the platform code.
>
> Cc: Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/fddba1c8-a95a-490f-962e-8505cb948672@queued.net/
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 5 ++---
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 1eefa4a304b2..dec5e2e437dd 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -1116,10 +1116,9 @@ S: Orphan
> F: drivers/usb/gadget/udc/amd5536udc.*
>
> AMD GEODE PROCESSOR/CHIPSET SUPPORT
> -M: Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>
> L: linux-geode@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
> -S: Supported
> -W: http://www.amd.com/us-en/ConnectivitySolutions/TechnicalResources/0,,50_2334_2452_11363,00.html
> +S: Orphaned
> +F: arch/x86/platform/geode/
> F: arch/x86/include/asm/geode.h
> F: drivers/char/hw_random/geode-rng.c
> F: drivers/crypto/geode*
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-05 21:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-05 21:21 Arnd Bergmann
2026-05-05 21:55 ` Andres Salomon [this message]
2026-05-05 22:26 ` [tip: x86/cpu] x86: Mark " tip-bot2 for Arnd Bergmann
2026-05-06 6:16 ` tip-bot2 for Arnd Bergmann
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