From da03101799579f6477feb47a3aefcdb2e2379da1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Gortmaker Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:08:53 +1000 Subject: powerpc: drop MPC834x_MDS platform support This 2006 era Modular Development System (MDS) has, at its core component, a full length card with a PCI-64 edge. No case. Serial and network connectors were on card, so it could optionally be fitted with plastic stand-offs and run stand-alone off a power brick. Like all the MDS systems, it was meant as a vehicle to get the CPU out early to hardware OEMs so software and board development could take place in parallel. To that end, the BGA CPU was held in place with a mechanical spring loaded pressure assembly (vs. solder) so that early rev silicon could be replaced in the field. Not for COTS deployment! These were made in limited numbers and availability preference was given to partners who were planning to make their own boards, like our WR SBC8349 [since retired in v4.18 (2017, commit 3bc6cf5a86e5)] Given that the whole reason for existence was to assist in enabling new board designs [not happening for 10+ years], and that they weren't generally available, and that the hardware wasn't really hobbyist friendly even for retro computing, it makes sense to retire the support for this platform. Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker Acked-by: Li Yang Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Link: https://msgid.link/20230220115913.25811-2-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com --- arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile') diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile index 129a1e190f25..f701dff92cfd 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile @@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ image-$(CONFIG_MPC832x_MDS) += cuImage.mpc832x_mds image-$(CONFIG_MPC832x_RDB) += cuImage.mpc832x_rdb image-$(CONFIG_MPC834x_ITX) += cuImage.mpc8349emitx \ cuImage.mpc8349emitxgp -image-$(CONFIG_MPC834x_MDS) += cuImage.mpc834x_mds image-$(CONFIG_MPC836x_MDS) += cuImage.mpc836x_mds image-$(CONFIG_ASP834x) += dtbImage.asp834x-redboot -- cgit v1.2.3