Re: [PATCH 08/13] ARM: imx: remove nommu support
From: Fabio Estevam
Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 16:18:19 EST
On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 12:29 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The i.MX platform has grown support for three separate product
> lines using Cortex-M based microcontrollers over the years:
>
> - i.MX RT1050, a high-end microcontroller
> - Vybrid vf610 suppors running Linux on either the Cortex-A5
> CPU or the Cortex-M4 MCU
> - i.MX7D similarly can run Linux on the Cortex-A7 or the
> Cortex-M4
>
> There are no known upstream users of any of those three, so
> drop support and simplify the platform to assume that an MMU
> is present.
>
> Cc: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stefan Agner <stefan@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Conor Dooley <conor+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: imx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/Makefile | 2 -
> arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imxrt1050-evk.dts | 72 -
> arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imxrt1050-pinfunc.h | 993 -----------
> arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imxrt1050.dtsi | 160 --
> arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imxrt1170-pinfunc.h | 1561 -----------------