Re: [GIT PULL] soc: deprecated platform removal

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2026, at 23:46, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The following changes since commit df2908090cda368b01ff43709f51890076c56157:
>
>   Linux 7.3-rc2 (2026-09-06 15:07:20 -0700)
>
> are available in the Git repository at:
>
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc.git 
> tags/board-remove-for-7.4
>
> for you to fetch changes up to 1b200c44654d654bd0d04cbf55823b9e275b2a56:
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>   ARM: axxia: remove entire platform (2026-09-28 21:43:31 +0200)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> soc: deprecated platform removal
>
> In the 7.3 kernel, I marked a number of platforms and features as
> deprecated, with the plan to keep these around for the LTS kernel, but
> remove them in 7.4, see [1].

It was pointed out to me at LPC in Prague this week that 7.3 is most
likely not the LTS release after all, so we should wait another
release before actually removing the code in order to keep it all
alive in the 7.4LTS kernel.

I'll rebase this on top of 7.4-rc1 and resubmit for 7.5.

      Arnd