[PATCH v2 04/19] ARM: deprecate support for ARM1136r0
Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Jul 2026 23:23:38 +0200
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.soc,org.infradead.lists.linux-arm-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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From: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> This CPU revision remains a special case as it is now incompatible with CONFIG_SMP. Only the Nokia N8x0 is used in practice, and even that one is fairly rare these days, so let's plan to remove all of them after the 2026 LTS kernel release. Acked-by: Linus Walleij <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> --- arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig | 5 ++++- arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig | 15 ++++++++++++--- arch/arm/mach-versatile/Kconfig | 5 ++++- arch/arm/mm/Kconfig | 2 ++ 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig index 041e73ad203a..f85a5f8c0a58 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig @@ -40,13 +40,16 @@ if ARCH_MULTI_V6 comment "ARM1136 platforms" config SOC_IMX31 - bool "i.MX31 support" + bool "i.MX31 support (DEPRECATED)" depends on !SMP select CPU_ARM1136R0 select MXC_AVIC help This enables support for Freescale i.MX31 processor + This SoC is scheduled for removal in early 2027, + since it uses the ARM1136r0 CPU revision. + config SOC_IMX35 bool "i.MX35 support" select CPU_ARM1136R1 diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig index 13987ffbba00..79f8afe3a6bf 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig @@ -207,18 +207,24 @@ comment "OMAP Core Type" depends on ARCH_OMAP2 config SOC_OMAP2420 - bool "OMAP2420 support" + bool "OMAP2420 support (DEPRECATED)" depends on ARCH_OMAP2 default y select OMAP_DM_SYSTIMER select OMAP_DM_TIMER select SOC_HAS_OMAP2_SDRC + help + This SoC is scheduled for removal in early 2027, + since it uses the ARM1136r0 CPU revision. config SOC_OMAP2430 - bool "OMAP2430 support" + bool "OMAP2430 support (DEPRECATED)" depends on ARCH_OMAP2 default y select SOC_HAS_OMAP2_SDRC + help + This SoC is scheduled for removal in early 2027, + since it uses the ARM1136r0 CPU revision. config SOC_OMAP3430 bool "OMAP3430 support" @@ -249,11 +255,14 @@ config MACH_NOKIA_N810_WIMAX bool config MACH_NOKIA_N8X0 - bool "Nokia N800/N810" + bool "Nokia N800/N810 (DEPRECATED)" depends on SOC_OMAP2420 default y select MACH_NOKIA_N810 select MACH_NOKIA_N810_WIMAX + help + This machine is scheduled for removal in early 2027, + since it uses the ARM1136r0 CPU revision. endmenu diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-versatile/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-versatile/Kconfig index de42da7de8c8..1ee9b6608d71 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-versatile/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/mach-versatile/Kconfig @@ -110,11 +110,14 @@ config INTEGRATOR_CM1026EJS select CPU_ARM1026 config INTEGRATOR_CM1136JFS - bool "Integrator/CM1136JF-S core module" + bool "Integrator/CM1136JF-S core module (DEPRECATED)" depends on ARCH_INTEGRATOR_AP depends on ARCH_MULTI_V6 depends on !SMP select CPU_ARM1136R0 + help + This machine is scheduled for removal in early 2027, + since it uses the ARM1136r0 CPU revision. config ARCH_INTEGRATOR_CP bool "Support Integrator/CP platform" diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig index f3d71e89a31f..27010b9389ad 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig @@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ config CPU_ARM1136R0 help These early revisions of ARM1136 lack support for the ARMv6k extensions for multiprocessing. + Support for this revision is scheduled for removal + from the kernel in early 2027. config CPU_ARM1136R1 bool -- 2.39.5