Re: [PATCH 12/15] ARM: orion5x: mark all board files as deprecated

[Andrew Lunn]

On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 11:29:01AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
61;7801;1c> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> Conversion of the old orion5x board files to devicetree has
> stalled over the past few years, so it seems better to remove
> the remaining ones in order to allow  cleaning up the device
> drivers.
> 
> Debian has previously removed the orion/kirkwood kernel
> binary from the armel distro, but building custom kernels
> from the Debian source code should keep working, so
> removing the board files after the 6.12 release ensures
> that this remains possible for the Debian Trixie release,
> assuming this will use the 6.12 LTS kernel.
> 
> Jeremy Peper still plans to convert the Terastation 2 Pro
> to devicetree in the future, but that can be done even
> after it is removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

    Andrew