Re: [PATCH v2 06/19] ARM: mark CPU_ENDIAN_BE8 as deprecated

From: Linus Walleij

Date: Fri Jul 10 2026 - 13:57:26 EST


On Sat, Jul 4, 2026 at 12:33 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
> >> - bool "Build big-endian kernel"
> >> + bool "Build big-endian kernel (DEPRECATED)"
> >
> > I'm not so sure about this patch because it will look like IXP4XX is
> > using a deprecated feature. The IXP4xx actually has many OpenWrt
> > users.
>
> How about the version below? If you like that better, I'll give
> it a thorough build test and use that for v3.

We figured out LE on IXP4xx so I'm fine with this now, provided
we can fold in the LE32 fixes for IXP4xx at the same time.

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij