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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: qualcomm: Remove QDF24xx support
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To: Timur Tabi <timur@kernel.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
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From: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@linaro.org>
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On 1/22/24 21:34, Timur Tabi wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 6:02 AM Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>> This SoC family was destined for server use, featuring Qualcomm's very
>> interesting Kryo cores (before "Kryo" became a marketing term for Arm
>> cores with small modifications). It did however not leave the labs of
>> Qualcomm and presumably some partners, nor was it ever productized.
>>
>> Remove the related drivers, as they seem to be long obsolete.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@linaro.org>
> 
> Sad day indeed, but understandable.
> 
> Acked-by: Timur Tabi <timur@kernel.org>
> 
> If you're looking for other QDF stuff to remove, the QDF2400 hacks in
> the SBSA UART driver really should go.

I have a branch completely axing it, but it looks like Qualcomm
apparently still uses some internally [1].. I'm not super happy,
but let's wait on this one.

Konrad

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-msm/52479377-ff61-7537-e4aa-064ab4a77c03@quicinc.com/