Re: [PATCH RESEND v2] x86/platform: Remove Technology Systems 5500 board

From: Borislav Petkov

Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 18:57:18 EST


On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 10:00:59PM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 09:53:36PM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 12:50:58PM -0700, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 06, 2026 at 11:03:02AM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
> > > > Since commit 8b793a92d862 ("x86/cpu: Remove M486/M486SX/ELAN support"),
> > > > this board is no longer supported. Remove the platform support too.
> > > >
> > > > Link: https://www.embeddedts.com/products/TS-5500
> > > > Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > .../ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ts5500 | 54 ---
> > > > MAINTAINERS | 5 -
> > > > arch/x86/Kconfig | 9 -
> > > > arch/x86/platform/Makefile | 1 -
> > > > arch/x86/platform/ts5500/Makefile | 2 -
> > > > arch/x86/platform/ts5500/ts5500.c | 341 ------------------
> > > > 6 files changed, 412 deletions(-)
> > > > delete mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ts5500
> > > > delete mode 100644 arch/x86/platform/ts5500/Makefile
> > > > delete mode 100644 arch/x86/platform/ts5500/ts5500.c
> > >
> > > Sashiko has a question:
> > >
> > > https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260706100304.303951-1-sean%40mess.org
> >
> > Thanks for pointing that out. I don't know what tree sashiko is looking
> > at but the ts5500 gpio and mtd maps drivers are long since gone out of
> > the tree, there are no dependencies on TS5500 since 7.2-rc1.
>
> I should also point out that the maintainer's email address
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is bouncing with user unknown.

There are a bunch more savoirfairelinux addresses in the kernel tree, let's
add them for them to chime in on what the situation here is.

Thx.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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