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    Merge tag 'arch-removal' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/asm-generic · f5a8eb63
    Linus Torvalds authored
    Pul removal of obsolete architecture ports from Arnd Bergmann:
     "This removes the entire architecture code for blackfin, cris, frv,
      m32r, metag, mn10300, score, and tile, including the associated device
      drivers.
    
      I have been working with the (former) maintainers for each one to
      ensure that my interpretation was right and the code is definitely
      unused in mainline kernels. Many had fond memories of working on the
      respective ports to start with and getting them included in upstream,
      but also saw no point in keeping the port alive without any users.
    
      In the end, it seems that while the eight architectures are extremely
      different, they all suffered the same fate: There was one company in
      charge of an SoC line, a CPU microarchitecture and a software
      ecosystem, which was more costly than licensing newer off-the-shelf
      CPU cores from a third party (typically ARM, MIPS, or RISC-V). It
      seems that all ...
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