Re: [PATCH v2 06/14] ARM: omap2: remove omap24xx support

From: Kevin Hilman

Date: Mon Sep 21 2026 - 12:20:06 EST


Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The omap24xx SoC platform was used in the Nokia N800 and N810 tablets
> released on 2007 and was among the first ARMv6 CPUs in products that
> made it into products.
>
> Unfortunately the early ARM1136r0 CPU cores had a number of quirks that
> caused a disproportionate amount of work to keep them compatible with
> later ARMv6K/v7/v8 implementations.
>
> Drop the support for this SoC in order to allow removing ARM1136r0.
>
> Cc: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Tero Kristo <kristo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-mtd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-clk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> # omapfb
> Acked-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>