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| author |  Alan Kao <alankao@andestech.com>
| 2022-03-02 15:42:45 +0800 |
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| committer |  Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
| 2022-03-07 13:54:59 +0100 |
| commit | aec499c75cf8e0b599be4d559e6922b613085f8f (patch) | |
| tree | eadb9cd597d33c8c2f928dbd41e73b73f0b49398 /drivers/net/ethernet/faraday | |
| parent | Merge branch 'set_fs-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd... (diff) | |
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nds32: Remove the architecture
The nds32 architecture, also known as AndeStar V3, is a custom 32-bit
RISC target designed by Andes Technologies. Support was added to the
kernel in 2016 as the replacement RISC-V based V5 processors were
already announced, and maintained by (current or former) Andes
employees.
As explained by Alan Kao, new customers are now all using RISC-V,
and all known nds32 users are already on longterm stable kernels
provided by Andes, with no development work going into mainline
support any more.
While the port is still in a reasonably good shape, it only gets
worse over time without active maintainers, so it seems best
to remove it before it becomes unusable. As always, if it turns
out that there are mainline users after all, and they volunteer
to maintain the port in the future, the removal can be reverted.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/YhdWNLUhk+x9RAzU@yamatobi.andestech.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220302065213.82702-1-alankao@andestech.com/
Link: https://www.andestech.com/en/products-solutions/andestar-architecture/
Signed-off-by: Alan Kao <alankao@andestech.com>
[arnd: rewrite changelog to provide more background]
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/faraday')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/Kconfig | 12 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/Kconfig index 3d1e9a302148..c699bd6bcbb9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/Kconfig @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ config NET_VENDOR_FARADAY bool "Faraday devices" default y - depends on ARM || NDS32 || COMPILE_TEST + depends on ARM || COMPILE_TEST help If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y. @@ -19,24 +19,22 @@ if NET_VENDOR_FARADAY config FTMAC100 tristate "Faraday FTMAC100 10/100 Ethernet support" - depends on ARM || NDS32 || COMPILE_TEST + depends on ARM || COMPILE_TEST depends on !64BIT || BROKEN select MII help This driver supports the FTMAC100 10/100 Ethernet controller - from Faraday. It is used on Faraday A320, Andes AG101 and some - other ARM/NDS32 SoC's. + from Faraday. It is used on Faraday A320 and some other ARM SoC's. config FTGMAC100 tristate "Faraday FTGMAC100 Gigabit Ethernet support" - depends on ARM || NDS32 || COMPILE_TEST + depends on ARM || COMPILE_TEST depends on !64BIT || BROKEN select PHYLIB select MDIO_ASPEED if MACH_ASPEED_G6 select CRC32 help This driver supports the FTGMAC100 Gigabit Ethernet controller - from Faraday. It is used on Faraday A369, Andes AG102 and some - other ARM/NDS32 SoC's. + from Faraday. It is used on Faraday A369 and some other ARM SoC's. endif # NET_VENDOR_FARADAY |