Re: [PATCH v2 11/19] ARM: mark ARCH_DOVE as deprecated

On Wed, Jul 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
>
> The Marvell Armada 510 (Dove) platform is supported both as devicetree
> and atags/boardfile variants, with varying degrees of hardware support.
>
> Russell was the last known user of the board file version, and there
> are very few users overall. Unless Russell still needs this variant,
> let's remove after the next LTS kernel, leaving the CONFIG_MACH_DOVE
> variant with devicetree.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-dove/Kconfig | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-dove/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-dove/Kconfig
> index 996888ffcfe7..f547120e223e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-dove/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-dove/Kconfig
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  menuconfig ARCH_DOVE
> -       bool "Marvell Dove" if ARCH_MULTI_V7
> +       bool "Marvell Dove (DEPRECATED)" if ARCH_MULTI_V7
>         depends on ATAGS
>         select CPU_PJ4
>         select GPIOLIB
> @@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ menuconfig ARCH_DOVE
>         select PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS if PM
>         select PCI_QUIRKS if PCI
>         help
> -         Support for the Marvell Dove SoC 88AP510
> +         Support for the Marvell Dove SoC 88AP510 using board files.
> +
> +         Support for this machine will be removed in early 2027, unless
> +         there is a strong reason to keep it. Users should migrate to
> +         the devicetree-enabled version (CONFIG_MACH_DOVE) instead.
>
>  if ARCH_DOVE
>
> --
> 2.39.5
>

Reviewed-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <[email protected]>