linux/Documentation/features
Alan Kao aec499c75c 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>
2022-03-07 13:54:59 +01:00
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core nds32: Remove the architecture 2022-03-07 13:54:59 +01:00
debug nds32: Remove the architecture 2022-03-07 13:54:59 +01:00
io/dma-contiguous nds32: Remove the architecture 2022-03-07 13:54:59 +01:00
locking nds32: Remove the architecture 2022-03-07 13:54:59 +01:00
perf nds32: Remove the architecture 2022-03-07 13:54:59 +01:00
sched nds32: Remove the architecture 2022-03-07 13:54:59 +01:00
scripts Documentation/features: Add script that refreshes the arch support status files in place 2018-05-08 09:27:12 -06:00
seccomp/seccomp-filter nds32: Remove the architecture 2022-03-07 13:54:59 +01:00
time nds32: Remove the architecture 2022-03-07 13:54:59 +01:00
vm nds32: Remove the architecture 2022-03-07 13:54:59 +01:00
arch-support.txt Documentation/features: mark BATCHED_UNMAP_TLB_FLUSH doesn't apply to ARM64 2021-03-15 13:17:40 -06:00
list-arch.sh scripts: get_feat.pl: use its implementation for list-arch.sh 2020-12-03 15:10:14 -07:00