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

On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 11:23:43PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>
>The help text is seriously outdated and predates the introduction of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.

Indeed NWFPE was initially added in order to be able to execute 
pre-existing binaries from even earlier systems.

Once soft-float became available in the toolchain, the netwinder
userspace was rebuilt, and NWFPE became largely unnecessary.

All of this happened in the early 2000's.

>Acked-by: Linus Walleij <[email protected]>
>Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Ralph Siemsen <[email protected]>

Regards,
Ralph