Re: [PATCH 05/13] ARM: orion/dove/mv78xx0: remove all board files

[Linus Walleij]

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

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The 'orion' platform is the predecessor to what linux now calls the
> 'mvebu' line of Marvell SoCs, and originally covered orion5x,
> mv78xx0, kirkwood, dove and a few others that do not have any
> upstream support at the moment.
>
> Only a few board files remain here, these are the ones left
> in 2022 board file purge because they had some level of support
> in Debian or OpenWRT, mostly for commercial NAS or router boxes.
> This distro support is now gone, and nobody has converted the
> board files to devicetree, though the orion5x and dove platforms
> also come with devicetree support for some other machines.
>
> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexander Clouter <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jeremy J. Peper <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Niklas Cassel <cassel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ulf Hansson <ulfh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Krzysztof Wilczyński" <kwilczynski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Weissschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-ide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-mmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-phy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-rtc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-watchdog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-sound@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-gpio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij