Re: [PATCH v2 13/19] ARM: orion5x: mark all board files as deprecated

"Arnd Bergmann" <[email protected]> Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:50:43 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.soc,org.infradead.lists.linux-arm-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, Jul 1, 2026, at 23:23, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Debian has previously removed the orion/kirkwood kernel
> binary from the armel distro, but building custom kernels
> from the Debian source code should keep working, so
> removing the board files after the 6.12 release ensures
> that this remains possible for the Debian Trixie release,
> assuming this will use the 6.12 LTS kernel.

I noticed this paragraph is outdated and have now replaced
it with

|  Debian and OpenWRT no longer support orion5x, and buildroot
|  could keep using linux-7.3-LTS for a few more years.

    Arnd