[PATCH v2 09/19] ARM: update FPE_NWFPE help text

Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Jul 2026 23:23:43 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.soc,org.infradead.lists.linux-arm-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>

The help text is seriously outdated and predates the introduction of
VFP floating point units that were available as early as some ARM926
based systems.

Change the help text to reflect that this is now a legacy feature
and that it will go away along with OABI support in the future.

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
---
 arch/arm/Kconfig | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 48937e70d55a..1f02183cff13 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1651,16 +1651,16 @@ menu "Floating point emulation"
 comment "At least one emulation must be selected"
 
 config FPE_NWFPE
-	bool "NWFPE math emulation"
+	bool "NWFPE math emulation (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on (!AEABI || OABI_COMPAT) && !THUMB2_KERNEL
 	help
 	  Say Y to include the NWFPE floating point emulator in the kernel.
-	  This is necessary to run most binaries. Linux does not currently
-	  support floating point hardware so you need to say Y here even if
-	  your machine has an FPA or floating point co-processor podule.
 
-	  You may say N here if you are going to load the Acorn FPEmulator
-	  early in the bootup.
+	  This is only used on OABI userspace binaries, either using a
+	  pure OABI (!CONFIG_AEABI) kernel, or the OABI emulation.
+
+	  Support for NWFPE will be removed in the future when OABI
+	  support is removed.
 
 config FPE_NWFPE_XP
 	bool "Support extended precision"
-- 
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