Re: [PATCH 07/13] ARM: imx: remove i.MX31 SoC support
From: Daniel Baluta
Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 04:32:03 EST
On 9/8/26 18:27, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The Freescale i.MX31 was an early SoC based on the ARM1136r0 CPU core. It
> was used in the Bug Labs modular computer but ultimately much less
> popular than most other i.MX SoCs.
>
> As the ARM1136r0 support is causing a lot of extra maintenance effort
> to keep alive and there are no known users, remove i.MX31 in order to
> allow removing support for that CPU core altogether.
>
> The related i.MX35 is based on a slightly newer ARM1136r1 CPU core that
> does not have this problem, so there is no reason to remove that.
>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Conor Dooley <conor+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: imx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@xxxxxxx>