Re: [PATCH 1/8] x86: remove ts5500 platforms support

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Mon, Jun 1, 2026, at 10:31, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Arnd,
>
> On Fri, 22 May 2026 at 16:20, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Support for Élan was removed in 7.1, but the ts5500 platform
>> still depends on it. Remove this one as well, not that it
>> cannot be used any more.
>
> https://www.embeddedts.com/products/TS-5500
>
>    "Retired. Last Time Buy. This product is being retired. We will
>     have a Last Time Buy until 01/07/26. Supplies are limited."
>
> but
>
>    "Available with Linux 2.4 kernel"

Linux-2.4 and DOS are probably more commonly used on these than
anything modern, given that this is a 486 with 32 MB.

There is a good chance it still would have worked with
linux-7.0 if anyone had tried.

        Arnd