[PATCH 0/8] Remove remaining AMD Elan drivers

Sean Young posted 8 patches 1 month, 1 week ago
.../ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ts5500         |  54 ---
.../watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst          |   9 -
MAINTAINERS                                   |   5 -
arch/x86/Kconfig                              |   9 -
arch/x86/platform/Makefile                    |   1 -
arch/x86/platform/ts5500/Makefile             |   2 -
arch/x86/platform/ts5500/ts5500.c             | 341 -------------
drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86                   |  26 -
drivers/cpufreq/Makefile                      |   2 -
drivers/cpufreq/elanfreq.c                    | 226 ---------
drivers/cpufreq/sc520_freq.c                  | 136 ------
drivers/gpio/Kconfig                          |   9 -
drivers/gpio/Makefile                         |   1 -
drivers/gpio/gpio-ts5500.c                    | 446 ------------------
drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig                      |  34 --
drivers/mtd/maps/Makefile                     |   3 -
drivers/mtd/maps/netsc520.c                   | 127 -----
drivers/mtd/maps/sc520cdp.c                   | 294 ------------
drivers/mtd/maps/ts5500_flash.c               | 108 -----
drivers/watchdog/Kconfig                      |  13 -
drivers/watchdog/Makefile                     |   1 -
drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c                  | 430 -----------------
22 files changed, 2277 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ts5500
delete mode 100644 arch/x86/platform/ts5500/Makefile
delete mode 100644 arch/x86/platform/ts5500/ts5500.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/cpufreq/elanfreq.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/cpufreq/sc520_freq.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/gpio/gpio-ts5500.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/mtd/maps/netsc520.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/mtd/maps/sc520cdp.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/mtd/maps/ts5500_flash.c
delete mode 100644 drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c
[PATCH 0/8] Remove remaining AMD Elan drivers
Posted by Sean Young 1 month, 1 week ago
Now that AMD Elan support has been removed[1], remove the AMD Elan specific
drivers too. I had a Technology Systems 5500 back in the early 2000's and
it was pretty slow back then - no need to support such ancient slow
device. I wrote and patched some of these drivers so nice to see them
removed at the end of their life cycle.

1. commit 8b793a92d862 ("x86/cpu: Remove M486/M486SX/ELAN support")

Sean Young (8):
  x86/platform: Remove Technology Systems 5500 board
  mtd: ts5500_flash: Remove mapping since board is no longer supported
  mtd: netsc520: Remove mapping since board is no longer supported
  mtd: sc520cdp: Remove mapping since board is no longer supported
  gpio: ts5500: Remove gpio driver as board no longer supported
  watchdog: sc520: Drop AMD Elan SC520 support
  cpufreq: sc520_freq: Drop support for AMD Elan SC520
  cpufreq: elanfreq: Drop support for AMD Elan SC4*

 .../ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ts5500         |  54 ---
 .../watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst          |   9 -
 MAINTAINERS                                   |   5 -
 arch/x86/Kconfig                              |   9 -
 arch/x86/platform/Makefile                    |   1 -
 arch/x86/platform/ts5500/Makefile             |   2 -
 arch/x86/platform/ts5500/ts5500.c             | 341 -------------
 drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86                   |  26 -
 drivers/cpufreq/Makefile                      |   2 -
 drivers/cpufreq/elanfreq.c                    | 226 ---------
 drivers/cpufreq/sc520_freq.c                  | 136 ------
 drivers/gpio/Kconfig                          |   9 -
 drivers/gpio/Makefile                         |   1 -
 drivers/gpio/gpio-ts5500.c                    | 446 ------------------
 drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig                      |  34 --
 drivers/mtd/maps/Makefile                     |   3 -
 drivers/mtd/maps/netsc520.c                   | 127 -----
 drivers/mtd/maps/sc520cdp.c                   | 294 ------------
 drivers/mtd/maps/ts5500_flash.c               | 108 -----
 drivers/watchdog/Kconfig                      |  13 -
 drivers/watchdog/Makefile                     |   1 -
 drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c                  | 430 -----------------
 22 files changed, 2277 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ts5500
 delete mode 100644 arch/x86/platform/ts5500/Makefile
 delete mode 100644 arch/x86/platform/ts5500/ts5500.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/cpufreq/elanfreq.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/cpufreq/sc520_freq.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/gpio/gpio-ts5500.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/mtd/maps/netsc520.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/mtd/maps/sc520cdp.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/mtd/maps/ts5500_flash.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c

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Re: [PATCH 0/8] Remove remaining AMD Elan drivers
Posted by Miquel Raynal 2 weeks, 3 days ago
On Wed, 06 May 2026 15:42:45 +0100, Sean Young wrote:
> Now that AMD Elan support has been removed[1], remove the AMD Elan specific
> drivers too. I had a Technology Systems 5500 back in the early 2000's and
> it was pretty slow back then - no need to support such ancient slow
> device. I wrote and patched some of these drivers so nice to see them
> removed at the end of their life cycle.
> 
> 1. commit 8b793a92d862 ("x86/cpu: Remove M486/M486SX/ELAN support")
> 
> [...]

Applied to mtd/next, thanks!

[1/8] x86/platform: Remove Technology Systems 5500 board
      (no commit info)
[2/8] mtd: ts5500_flash: Remove mapping since board is no longer supported
      commit: 801f11633d5eb2021dd1a4b6a4c14479c54af244
[3/8] mtd: netsc520: Remove mapping since board is no longer supported
      commit: b60e5b5738d86735ebdb8b952054194b636b1cf6
[4/8] mtd: sc520cdp: Remove mapping since board is no longer supported
      commit: f4aeb151b8b025202a3cc55fabc45234700ed470
[5/8] gpio: ts5500: Remove gpio driver as board no longer supported
      (no commit info)
[6/8] watchdog: sc520: Drop AMD Elan SC520 support
      (no commit info)
[7/8] cpufreq: sc520_freq: Drop support for AMD Elan SC520
      (no commit info)
[8/8] cpufreq: elanfreq: Drop support for AMD Elan SC4*
      (no commit info)

Patche(s) should be available on mtd/linux.git and will be
part of the next PR (provided that no robot complains by then).

Kind regards,
Miquèl