Re: [PATCH 02/14] mfd: remove unused rdc321x southbridge support

From: Linus Walleij

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 13:06:58 EST


On Wed, Sep 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The rdc321x was a 486-class SoC developed by RDC. While RDC's later
> products closely resemble the DM&P Vortex86 product line and are still
> sold under both names, I checked the datasheets for those and found that
> the GPIO and WDT blocks on them are incompatible with the rtc321x.
>
> Remove this driver, as there is no way to run Linux any more on the
> older chips after i486 support has been removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij