Re: [PATCH 06/13] ARM: omap2: remove omap24xx support

[Linus Walleij]

On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The omap24xx SoC platform was used in the Nokia N800 and N810 tablets
> released on 2007 and was among the first ARMv6 CPUs in products that
> made it into products.
>
> Unfortunately the early ARM1136r0 CPU cores had a number of quirks that
> caused a disproportionate amount of work to keep them compatible with
> later ARMv6K/v7/v8 implementations.
>
> Drop the support for this SoC in order to allow removing ARM1136r0.
>
> Cc: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Tero Kristo <kristo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-mtd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-clk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Since Aaro says it can go, it can go.

If the n800 had a PostmarketOS port things would be different,
but it does not.

Yours,
Linus Walleij