Re: [PATCH 10/13] ARM: stm32: remove stm32f4/f7/h7 MCU support

[Linus Walleij]

On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The stm32 platform started out as a Cortex-M based microcontoller
> platform in 2007, with a few of the older products gaining Linux kernel
> support in 2016. These days, the only relevant chips for Linux are the
> stm32mp1 (Cortex-A7) and stm32mp2 (Cortex-A35) product lines, with the
> microcontrollers running smaller RTOSs on new products.
>
> The microcontrollers were marked as deprecated in the linux-7.3LTS
> release, which will remain supported for a few more years and
> is expected to be sufficient for any of the remaining original users.
>
> Remove the MCU support now, leaving only the stm32mp SoCs in the platform.
>
> Cc: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Conor Dooley <conor+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christophe Parant <c.parant@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-stm32@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij