Re: [PATCH v2 18/19] ARM: mark axxia platform as deprecated

On Wed, 2026-07-01 at 23:23 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
> 
> The Axxia platform was initially upstream by Anders Berg for LSI and
> later Avago, but this included only support for I2C and reset drivers,
> while most of the interesting bits (network, pci, rapidio, usb, ...) or
> the arm64 platform support were never merged.
> 
> The downstream kernel was maintained by Intel up to linux-5.15 when
> the product line was discontinued. Known users include Nokia and
> Ericsson, but both of them use kernels derived from the out-of-tree
> drivers rather than the upstream version, and will be able to continue
> doing that even when the rudimentary mainline support is gone.
> 
> Mark it as deprecated for removal after the next LTS kernel.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/axxia/linux-yocto
> Cc: Stefan Wiehler <[email protected]>
> Cc: Alexander Sverdlin <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Alexander Sverdlin <[email protected]>

> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-axxia/Kconfig | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-axxia/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-axxia/Kconfig
> index d3eae6037913..f773a66c1402 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-axxia/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-axxia/Kconfig
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  config ARCH_AXXIA
> -	bool "LSI Axxia platforms"
> +	bool "LSI Axxia platforms (DEPRECATED)"
>  	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7 && ARM_LPAE
>  	select ARM_AMBA
>  	select ARM_GIC
> @@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ config ARCH_AXXIA
>  
>  	  The LSI Axxia platforms require a Flattened Device Tree to be passed
>  	  to the kernel.
> +
> +	  This platform is scheduled for removal in early 2027

-- 
Alexander Sverdlin
Siemens AG
www.siemens.com