Re: [PATCH 12/13] ARM: at91: remove samv7 support
From: Sverdlin, Alexander
Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 16:04:42 EST
On Tue, 2026-09-08 at 17:28 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The Atmel at91 line, now known as Microchip SAM contains both
> SoCs using ARM926 and Cortex-A CPUs as well as a number of
> microcontrollers. Only a single one of those MCUs currently
> has Linux support, and has no known users.
>
> The samv7 platform was deprecated in Linux-7.3LTS, which will
> remain supported a while longer after it is gone from mainline.
>
> Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/Kconfig.debug | 10 ----------
> arch/arm/mach-at91/Kconfig | 11 +----------
> arch/arm/mach-at91/Makefile | 1 -
> arch/arm/mach-at91/samv7.c | 17 -----------------
> drivers/soc/atmel/soc.c | 36 ------------------------------------
> 5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 74 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-at91/samv7.c
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Alexander Sverdlin
Siemens AG
www.siemens.com