Re: [PATCH v2 07/19] ARM: update DEPRECATED_PARAM_STRUCT removal timeline

Ethan Nelson-Moore <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Jul 2026 17:54:57 -0700

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Hi, Arnd,

On Wed, Jul 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> This configuration option is for the older boot method that preceeded
> ATAGS. This was scheduled for removal back in 2001, but the removal
> never happened, presumably because nobody cared enough to actually do it,
> not because there are any users left.

Only netwinder_defconfig selects this option. Do the most recent
NetWinder firmware versions actually need it? (LinusW, do you know
this?) If not, can't we just drop it entirely?

Ethan