[PATCH v2 15/19] ARM: mark RiscPC as deprecated
Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Jul 2026 23:23:49 +0200
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From: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> This platform is the oldest still supported machine, dating back to the original 1994 ARM610 version. The only currently supported configuration uses an ARMv4 StrongARM but still requires building for ARMv3 because of the board design not supporting 16-bit data access. ARMv3 support has been removed in gcc-9, and the gcc-8 release is already old but still supported for building the kernel. The only set of machines that lacks support for 16-bit load/store instructions (Alpha EV5 and older) was recently removed from the kernel. Since there is little hope of this being maintainable much longer, plan to remove it in early 2027 while it is still expected to mostly work. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> --- arch/arm/mach-rpc/Kconfig | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rpc/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-rpc/Kconfig index 55f6d829b677..60b3823b690c 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-rpc/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/mach-rpc/Kconfig @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ config ARCH_RPC - bool "RiscPC" + bool "RiscPC (DEPRECATED)" depends on ARCH_MULTI_V4 && !(ARCH_MULTI_V4T || ARCH_MULTI_V5) depends on !(ARCH_FOOTBRIDGE || ARCH_SA1100 || ARCH_MOXART || ARCH_GEMINI) depends on !CC_IS_CLANG && GCC_VERSION < 90100 && GCC_VERSION >= 60000 @@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ config ARCH_RPC help On the Acorn Risc-PC, Linux can support the internal IDE disk and CD-ROM interface, serial and parallel port, and the floppy drive. + + Support for these machines will go away in 2027, + unless there are any remaining users that speak up. -- 2.39.5