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| author | Alan Kao <alankao@andestech.com> | 2022-03-02 10:42:45 +0300 |
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| committer | Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> | 2022-03-07 15:54:59 +0300 |
| commit | aec499c75cf8e0b599be4d559e6922b613085f8f (patch) | |
| tree | eadb9cd597d33c8c2f928dbd41e73b73f0b49398 /Documentation/features/core | |
| parent | dd865f090f0382ba9e74dc4fe1008c08a67a6fca (diff) | |
| download | linux-aec499c75cf8e0b599be4d559e6922b613085f8f.tar.xz | |
nds32: Remove the architecture
The nds32 architecture, also known as AndeStar V3, is a custom 32-bit
RISC target designed by Andes Technologies. Support was added to the
kernel in 2016 as the replacement RISC-V based V5 processors were
already announced, and maintained by (current or former) Andes
employees.
As explained by Alan Kao, new customers are now all using RISC-V,
and all known nds32 users are already on longterm stable kernels
provided by Andes, with no development work going into mainline
support any more.
While the port is still in a reasonably good shape, it only gets
worse over time without active maintainers, so it seems best
to remove it before it becomes unusable. As always, if it turns
out that there are mainline users after all, and they volunteer
to maintain the port in the future, the removal can be reverted.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/YhdWNLUhk+x9RAzU@yamatobi.andestech.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220302065213.82702-1-alankao@andestech.com/
Link: https://www.andestech.com/en/products-solutions/andestar-architecture/
Signed-off-by: Alan Kao <alankao@andestech.com>
[arnd: rewrite changelog to provide more background]
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/features/core')
6 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/features/core/cBPF-JIT/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/core/cBPF-JIT/arch-support.txt index e59b5215402d..77bd6974dd6d 100644 --- a/Documentation/features/core/cBPF-JIT/arch-support.txt +++ b/Documentation/features/core/cBPF-JIT/arch-support.txt @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ | m68k: | TODO | | microblaze: | TODO | | mips: | ok | - | nds32: | TODO | | nios2: | TODO | | openrisc: | TODO | | parisc: | TODO | diff --git a/Documentation/features/core/eBPF-JIT/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/core/eBPF-JIT/arch-support.txt index dcbd8679f514..d5ab547b2be6 100644 --- a/Documentation/features/core/eBPF-JIT/arch-support.txt +++ b/Documentation/features/core/eBPF-JIT/arch-support.txt @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ | m68k: | TODO | | microblaze: | TODO | | mips: | ok | - | nds32: | TODO | | nios2: | TODO | | openrisc: | TODO | | parisc: | TODO | diff --git a/Documentation/features/core/generic-idle-thread/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/core/generic-idle-thread/arch-support.txt index 4efcba7b5239..ddb3762ca7f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/features/core/generic-idle-thread/arch-support.txt +++ b/Documentation/features/core/generic-idle-thread/arch-support.txt @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ | m68k: | TODO | | microblaze: | TODO | | mips: | ok | - | nds32: | TODO | | nios2: | TODO | | openrisc: | ok | | parisc: | ok | diff --git a/Documentation/features/core/jump-labels/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/core/jump-labels/arch-support.txt index 0c801d1bd2da..d5380ef68713 100644 --- a/Documentation/features/core/jump-labels/arch-support.txt +++ b/Documentation/features/core/jump-labels/arch-support.txt @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ | m68k: | TODO | | microblaze: | TODO | | mips: | ok | - | nds32: | TODO | | nios2: | TODO | | openrisc: | TODO | | parisc: | ok | diff --git a/Documentation/features/core/thread-info-in-task/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/core/thread-info-in-task/arch-support.txt index bc74d8beea72..0654ba3a42ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/features/core/thread-info-in-task/arch-support.txt +++ b/Documentation/features/core/thread-info-in-task/arch-support.txt @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ | m68k: | TODO | | microblaze: | TODO | | mips: | TODO | - | nds32: | ok | | nios2: | TODO | | openrisc: | TODO | | parisc: | ok | diff --git a/Documentation/features/core/tracehook/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/core/tracehook/arch-support.txt index af34308fce7f..8e95dc0c7b90 100644 --- a/Documentation/features/core/tracehook/arch-support.txt +++ b/Documentation/features/core/tracehook/arch-support.txt @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ | m68k: | TODO | | microblaze: | TODO | | mips: | ok | - | nds32: | ok | | nios2: | ok | | openrisc: | ok | | parisc: | ok | |