Re: [PATCH v2 18/19] ARM: mark axxia platform as deprecated

[Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>]

Hi, Arnd,

On Wed, Jul 1, 2026 at 2:26 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

All of these patches have this line at the beginning but were sent
from your kernel.org email - did something go wrong with git
send-email?

> The Axxia platform was initially upstream by Anders Berg for LSI and
> later Avago, but this included only support for I2C and reset drivers,
> while most of the interesting bits (network, pci, rapidio, usb, ...) or
> the arm64 platform support were never merged.

Given the incomplete state of this platform, removing it makes
complete sense to me.

>  config ARCH_AXXIA
> -       bool "LSI Axxia platforms"
> +       bool "LSI Axxia platforms (DEPRECATED)"
>         depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7 && ARM_LPAE

The dependency on LPAE reminded me of two other 32-bit ARM platforms
with lots of memory: Calxeda Midway and Highbank. Is anyone still
using those? Maybe they could be removed, since people seem to want to
remove highmem:
https://lwn.net/Articles/813201/
https://static.linaro.org/connect/lvc20/presentations/LVC20-106-0.pdf

>         select ARM_AMBA
>         select ARM_GIC
> @@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ config ARCH_AXXIA
>
>           The LSI Axxia platforms require a Flattened Device Tree to be passed
>           to the kernel.
> +
> +         This platform is scheduled for removal in early 2027
microscopic nit: missing period

Reviewed-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>



Ethan