[PATCH v2 08/19] ARM: s3c64xx: extend deprecation schedule

Arnd Bergmann arnd at kernel.org
Wed Jul 1 14:23:42 PDT 2026


From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>

Mark Brown is still using this machine for regular work, so it should
not be removed as originally scheduled.

Give the platform another year, with the option to extend it further
based on the state of ATAGS support next year.

I expect that we end up removing all of s3c64xx when either Mark has
moved his test setup to other hardware, or when all other ATAGS based
machines are getting removed.

Cc: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
---
 arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c64xx | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c64xx b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c64xx
index 3f97fba8e4f5..52cfd9fb2a43 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c64xx
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c64xx
@@ -23,10 +23,17 @@ menuconfig ARCH_S3C64XX
 	help
 	  Samsung S3C64XX series based systems
 
-	  The platform is deprecated and scheduled for removal. Please reach to
-	  the maintainers of the platform and linux-samsung-soc at vger.kernel.org if
-	  you still use it.
-	  Without such feedback, the platform will be removed after 2024.
+	  The use of ATAGS based board files is on its way out, and
+	  the only remaining S3C64xx machine in the kernel (Wolfson
+	  Cragganmore 6410) relies on this, without any realistic way
+	  to migrate it to devicetree.
+
+	  Support for S3C64XX will be kept until the 2027 LTS kernel
+	  release and may be removed in early 2028.
+
+	  Please reach out to the maintainers of the platform and
+	  linux-samsung-soc at vger.kernel.org if you use any additional
+	  s3c64xx machines based on devicetree.
 
 if ARCH_S3C64XX
 
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