Post AkV3Z8raMk928bAMZk by Logical_Error@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AkV3Z88v2oPpu4GgxE by arnd@society.oftrolls.com
       2024-07-31T18:15:46Z
       
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       Two years ago we deprecated and later removed 80% of the legacy (pre-DT) board files in 32-bit arm kernels after determining that they were most likely unused. Time for the next round.https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/2831c5a6-cfbf-4fe0-b51c-0396e5b0aeb7@app.fastmail.com/T/
       
 (DIR) Post #AkV3Z8raMk928bAMZk by Logical_Error@fosstodon.org
       2024-07-31T19:25:25Z
       
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       @arnd Aw, I see ARMv7 there and I hope that doesn’t include the msm8960. Was trying to mainline it for fun
       
 (DIR) Post #AkV3Z9VdxoBg8puM0u by arnd@society.oftrolls.com
       2024-07-31T19:34:48Z
       
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       @Logical_Error I listed ARMv7-M as something we can perhaps consider removing in a few years, not now. Those are just microcontrollers with no MMU and usually only a few megabytes of RAM.What you are thinking of is ARMv7-A, which is still shipping in billions of units and will have to be supported longer than any other 32-bit architecture. Even ARMv4T (introduced in 1997 with ARM710) isn't really on the chopping block yet, though removing older pre-thumb ARMv4 (notably StrongARM) would be nice.