Phooronix: "Linux 7.3 Deprecates Many Older 32-bit ARM Platforms:

[Ralph Siemsen]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 01:31:43AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
><https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-SoC>
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>I think that our StrongARM-based NetWinders will be orphaned.

The writing is on the wall for sure. It was discussed in July:
https://lwn.net/ml/all/20260701212353.2196041-1-arnd@kernel.org/
and previously in 2024.

Also worth reading: https://lwn.net/Articles/1035727/ or you can find 
videos of the talk that Arnd has given at several conferences.

Is anyone still using their NetWinder? If so what distro (if any) are 
you using? I did a quick trial with 6.x kernel and buildroot a few 
months ago, it booted successfully, but I didn't do much testing.

Ralph