[RFC PATCH] ARM: move reserve_lp[012] handling into affected machines

[Ethan Nelson-Moore]

On Sun, May 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM Ethan Nelson-Moore
<enelsonmoore at gmail.com> wrote:
> arch/arm/kernel/setup.c contains code to reserve lp0/1/2 I/O ports for
> machines that can't possibly have these ports. This code is only used
> by netwinder and footbridge, and is small enough that it can just be
> moved into these machines. Do so to make the setup code more generic
> and the machine code more self-contained.
>
> This patch is an RFC because I'm not sure if using .init_early is
> actually necessary. I did it to match the place the original code was
> called as closely as possible. Can anyone weigh in on this?

Hi, everyone,

Gentle ping (+ cc Arnd, LinusW) - anyone have any thoughts on this?

I meant rpc and footbridge in the commit message - I'll fix it in a
future revision.

Ethan