[PATCH 06/15] ARM: update DEPRECATED_PARAM_STRUCT removal timeline

Arnd Bergmann arnd at kernel.org
Wed Dec 4 02:28:55 PST 2024


From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>

This configuration option is for the older boot method that preceeded
ATAGS. This was scheduled for removal back in 2001, but the removal
never happened, presumably because nobody cared enough to actually do it,
not because there are any users left.

Add "(DEPRECATED)' to the Kconfig line and update the timeline so we can
remove it next year along with the other options that are not scheduled
for that timeframe.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
---
 arch/arm/Kconfig | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 2167f71f184b..5278764162f8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1411,11 +1411,11 @@ config ATAGS
 	  it is either converted to DT or removed.
 
 config DEPRECATED_PARAM_STRUCT
-	bool "Provide old way to pass kernel parameters"
+	bool "Provide old way to pass kernel parameters (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on ATAGS
 	help
 	  This was deprecated in 2001 and announced to live on for 5 years.
-	  Some old boot loaders still use this way.
+	  It is now scheduled for removal in early 2025.
 
 # Compressed boot loader in ROM.  Yes, we really want to ask about
 # TEXT and BSS so we preserve their values in the config files.
-- 
2.39.5




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