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<title>linux-toradex.git/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile, branch master</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/'/>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: Add '-fms-extensions' to areas with dedicated CFLAGS</title>
<updated>2025-10-31T01:26:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nathan Chancellor</name>
<email>nathan@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-31T01:26:28+00:00</published>
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This is a follow up to commit c4781dc3d1cf ("Kbuild: enable
-fms-extensions") but in a separate change due to being substantially
different from the initial submission.

There are many places within the kernel that use their own CFLAGS
instead of the main KBUILD_CFLAGS, meaning code written with the main
kernel's use of '-fms-extensions' in mind that may be tangentially
included in these areas will result in "error: declaration does not
declare anything" messages from the compiler.

Add '-fms-extensions' to all these areas to ensure consistency, along
with -Wno-microsoft-anon-tag to silence clang's warning about use of the
extension that the kernel cares about using. parisc does not build with
clang so it does not need this warning flag. LoongArch does not need it
either because -W flags from KBUILD_FLAGS are pulled into cflags-vdso.

Reported-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/20251030-meerjungfrau-getrocknet-7b46eacc215d@brauner/
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
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This is a follow up to commit c4781dc3d1cf ("Kbuild: enable
-fms-extensions") but in a separate change due to being substantially
different from the initial submission.

There are many places within the kernel that use their own CFLAGS
instead of the main KBUILD_CFLAGS, meaning code written with the main
kernel's use of '-fms-extensions' in mind that may be tangentially
included in these areas will result in "error: declaration does not
declare anything" messages from the compiler.

Add '-fms-extensions' to all these areas to ensure consistency, along
with -Wno-microsoft-anon-tag to silence clang's warning about use of the
extension that the kernel cares about using. parisc does not build with
clang so it does not need this warning flag. LoongArch does not need it
either because -W flags from KBUILD_FLAGS are pulled into cflags-vdso.

Reported-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/20251030-meerjungfrau-getrocknet-7b46eacc215d@brauner/
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: use always-y instead of extra-y in Makefiles</title>
<updated>2025-08-20T08:32:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-02T16:32:24+00:00</published>
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The extra-y syntax is planned for deprecation because it is similar
to always-y.

When building the boot wrapper, always-y and extra-y are equivalent.
Use always-y instead.

In arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile, I added ifdef KBUILD_BUILTIN to
keep the current behavior: prom_init_check is skipped when building
only modular objects.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan &lt;maddy@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250602163302.478765-1-masahiroy@kernel.org

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<pre>
The extra-y syntax is planned for deprecation because it is similar
to always-y.

When building the boot wrapper, always-y and extra-y are equivalent.
Use always-y instead.

In arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile, I added ifdef KBUILD_BUILTIN to
keep the current behavior: prom_init_check is skipped when building
only modular objects.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan &lt;maddy@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250602163302.478765-1-masahiroy@kernel.org

</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/boot: Fix build with gcc 15</title>
<updated>2025-05-06T03:01:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michal Suchanek</name>
<email>msuchanek@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-31T10:57:19+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=5a821e2d69e26b51b7f3740b6b0c3462b8cacaff'/>
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Similar to x86 the ppc boot code does not build with GCC 15.

Copy the fix from
commit ee2ab467bddf ("x86/boot: Use '-std=gnu11' to fix build with GCC 15")

Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek &lt;msuchanek@suse.de&gt;
Tested-by: Amit Machhiwal &lt;amachhiw@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote &lt;venkat88@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan &lt;maddy@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250331105722.19709-1-msuchanek@suse.de

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Similar to x86 the ppc boot code does not build with GCC 15.

Copy the fix from
commit ee2ab467bddf ("x86/boot: Use '-std=gnu11' to fix build with GCC 15")

Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek &lt;msuchanek@suse.de&gt;
Tested-by: Amit Machhiwal &lt;amachhiw@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote &lt;venkat88@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan &lt;maddy@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250331105722.19709-1-msuchanek@suse.de

</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Remove IBM_CELL_BLADE &amp; SPIDER_NET references</title>
<updated>2025-02-26T15:45:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael Ellerman</name>
<email>mpe@ellerman.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-18T10:54:52+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=de9d1be44e5060bf0ce43ad2069908c802d7aa5e'/>
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<content type='text'>
The symbols are no longer selectable so remove references to them.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan &lt;maddy@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241218105523.416573-4-mpe@ellerman.id.au

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The symbols are no longer selectable so remove references to them.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan &lt;maddy@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241218105523.416573-4-mpe@ellerman.id.au

</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/64: Remove maple platform</title>
<updated>2024-10-29T12:01:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael Ellerman</name>
<email>mpe@ellerman.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-13T10:29:57+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=62f8f307c80e99ab18d38aa1a5bbbc18128ee5f8'/>
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The maple platform was added in 2004 [1], to support the "Maple" 970FX
evaluation board.

It was later used for IBM JS20/JS21 machines, as well as the Bimini
machine, aka "Yellow Dog Powerstation".

Sadly all those machines have passed into memory, and there's been no
evidence for years that anyone is still using any of them.

Remove the platform and related code. It can always be reinstated if
there's interest.

Note that this has no impact on support for 970FX based Power Macs.

[1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mpe/linux-fullhistory.git/commit/?id=f0d068d65c5e555ffcfbc189de32598f6f00770c

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241013102957.548291-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au

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<pre>
The maple platform was added in 2004 [1], to support the "Maple" 970FX
evaluation board.

It was later used for IBM JS20/JS21 machines, as well as the Bimini
machine, aka "Yellow Dog Powerstation".

Sadly all those machines have passed into memory, and there's been no
evidence for years that anyone is still using any of them.

Remove the platform and related code. It can always be reinstated if
there's interest.

Note that this has no impact on support for 970FX based Power Macs.

[1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mpe/linux-fullhistory.git/commit/?id=f0d068d65c5e555ffcfbc189de32598f6f00770c

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241013102957.548291-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au

</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/boot: Remove all 40x platforms from boot</title>
<updated>2024-06-28T12:28:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu</email>
</author>
<published>2024-06-28T12:11:56+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=839ff58e63ce30988205706aa9ed22bd6bf229f3'/>
<id>839ff58e63ce30988205706aa9ed22bd6bf229f3</id>
<content type='text'>
Remove 40x platforms from the boot directory.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://msgid.link/20240628121201.130802-2-mpe@ellerman.id.au

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<pre>
Remove 40x platforms from the boot directory.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://msgid.link/20240628121201.130802-2-mpe@ellerman.id.au

</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild</title>
<updated>2024-05-18T19:39:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-18T19:39:20+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=ff9a79307f89563da6d841da8b7cc4a0afceb0e2'/>
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Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Avoid 'constexpr', which is a keyword in C23

 - Allow 'dtbs_check' and 'dt_compatible_check' run independently of
   'dt_binding_check'

 - Fix weak references to avoid GOT entries in position-independent code
   generation

 - Convert the last use of 'optional' property in arch/sh/Kconfig

 - Remove support for the 'optional' property in Kconfig

 - Remove support for Clang's ThinLTO caching, which does not work with
   the .incbin directive

 - Change the semantics of $(src) so it always points to the source
   directory, which fixes Makefile inconsistencies between upstream and
   downstream

 - Fix 'make tar-pkg' for RISC-V to produce a consistent package

 - Provide reasonable default coverage for objtool, sanitizers, and
   profilers

 - Remove redundant OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD, KASAN_SANITIZE, etc.

 - Remove the last use of tristate choice in drivers/rapidio/Kconfig

 - Various cleanups and fixes in Kconfig

* tag 'kbuild-v6.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (46 commits)
  kconfig: use sym_get_choice_menu() in sym_check_prop()
  rapidio: remove choice for enumeration
  kconfig: lxdialog: remove initialization with A_NORMAL
  kconfig: m/nconf: merge two item_add_str() calls
  kconfig: m/nconf: remove dead code to display value of bool choice
  kconfig: m/nconf: remove dead code to display children of choice members
  kconfig: gconf: show checkbox for choice correctly
  kbuild: use GCOV_PROFILE and KCSAN_SANITIZE in scripts/Makefile.modfinal
  Makefile: remove redundant tool coverage variables
  kbuild: provide reasonable defaults for tool coverage
  modules: Drop the .export_symbol section from the final modules
  kconfig: use menu_list_for_each_sym() in sym_check_choice_deps()
  kconfig: use sym_get_choice_menu() in conf_write_defconfig()
  kconfig: add sym_get_choice_menu() helper
  kconfig: turn defaults and additional prompt for choice members into error
  kconfig: turn missing prompt for choice members into error
  kconfig: turn conf_choice() into void function
  kconfig: use linked list in sym_set_changed()
  kconfig: gconf: use MENU_CHANGED instead of SYMBOL_CHANGED
  kconfig: gconf: remove debug code
  ...
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Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Avoid 'constexpr', which is a keyword in C23

 - Allow 'dtbs_check' and 'dt_compatible_check' run independently of
   'dt_binding_check'

 - Fix weak references to avoid GOT entries in position-independent code
   generation

 - Convert the last use of 'optional' property in arch/sh/Kconfig

 - Remove support for the 'optional' property in Kconfig

 - Remove support for Clang's ThinLTO caching, which does not work with
   the .incbin directive

 - Change the semantics of $(src) so it always points to the source
   directory, which fixes Makefile inconsistencies between upstream and
   downstream

 - Fix 'make tar-pkg' for RISC-V to produce a consistent package

 - Provide reasonable default coverage for objtool, sanitizers, and
   profilers

 - Remove redundant OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD, KASAN_SANITIZE, etc.

 - Remove the last use of tristate choice in drivers/rapidio/Kconfig

 - Various cleanups and fixes in Kconfig

* tag 'kbuild-v6.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (46 commits)
  kconfig: use sym_get_choice_menu() in sym_check_prop()
  rapidio: remove choice for enumeration
  kconfig: lxdialog: remove initialization with A_NORMAL
  kconfig: m/nconf: merge two item_add_str() calls
  kconfig: m/nconf: remove dead code to display value of bool choice
  kconfig: m/nconf: remove dead code to display children of choice members
  kconfig: gconf: show checkbox for choice correctly
  kbuild: use GCOV_PROFILE and KCSAN_SANITIZE in scripts/Makefile.modfinal
  Makefile: remove redundant tool coverage variables
  kbuild: provide reasonable defaults for tool coverage
  modules: Drop the .export_symbol section from the final modules
  kconfig: use menu_list_for_each_sym() in sym_check_choice_deps()
  kconfig: use sym_get_choice_menu() in conf_write_defconfig()
  kconfig: add sym_get_choice_menu() helper
  kconfig: turn defaults and additional prompt for choice members into error
  kconfig: turn missing prompt for choice members into error
  kconfig: turn conf_choice() into void function
  kconfig: use linked list in sym_set_changed()
  kconfig: gconf: use MENU_CHANGED instead of SYMBOL_CHANGED
  kconfig: gconf: remove debug code
  ...
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: use $(src) instead of $(srctree)/$(src) for source directory</title>
<updated>2024-05-09T19:34:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-27T14:55:02+00:00</published>
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Kbuild conventionally uses $(obj)/ for generated files, and $(src)/ for
checked-in source files. It is merely a convention without any functional
difference. In fact, $(obj) and $(src) are exactly the same, as defined
in scripts/Makefile.build:

    src := $(obj)

When the kernel is built in a separate output directory, $(src) does
not accurately reflect the source directory location. While Kbuild
resolves this discrepancy by specifying VPATH=$(srctree) to search for
source files, it does not cover all cases. For example, when adding a
header search path for local headers, -I$(srctree)/$(src) is typically
passed to the compiler.

This introduces inconsistency between upstream and downstream Makefiles
because $(src) is used instead of $(srctree)/$(src) for the latter.

To address this inconsistency, this commit changes the semantics of
$(src) so that it always points to the directory in the source tree.

Going forward, the variables used in Makefiles will have the following
meanings:

  $(obj)     - directory in the object tree
  $(src)     - directory in the source tree  (changed by this commit)
  $(objtree) - the top of the kernel object tree
  $(srctree) - the top of the kernel source tree

Consequently, $(srctree)/$(src) in upstream Makefiles need to be replaced
with $(src).

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
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<pre>
Kbuild conventionally uses $(obj)/ for generated files, and $(src)/ for
checked-in source files. It is merely a convention without any functional
difference. In fact, $(obj) and $(src) are exactly the same, as defined
in scripts/Makefile.build:

    src := $(obj)

When the kernel is built in a separate output directory, $(src) does
not accurately reflect the source directory location. While Kbuild
resolves this discrepancy by specifying VPATH=$(srctree) to search for
source files, it does not cover all cases. For example, when adding a
header search path for local headers, -I$(srctree)/$(src) is typically
passed to the compiler.

This introduces inconsistency between upstream and downstream Makefiles
because $(src) is used instead of $(srctree)/$(src) for the latter.

To address this inconsistency, this commit changes the semantics of
$(src) so that it always points to the directory in the source tree.

Going forward, the variables used in Makefiles will have the following
meanings:

  $(obj)     - directory in the object tree
  $(src)     - directory in the source tree  (changed by this commit)
  $(objtree) - the top of the kernel object tree
  $(srctree) - the top of the kernel source tree

Consequently, $(srctree)/$(src) in upstream Makefiles need to be replaced
with $(src).

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Fix typos</title>
<updated>2024-05-07T14:21:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bjorn Helgaas</name>
<email>bhelgaas@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-01-03T23:16:04+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=0ddbbb8960eaf91c7b432ec80566dfa60a8d79e4'/>
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<content type='text'>
Fix typos, most reported by "codespell arch/powerpc".  Only touches
comments, no code changes.

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas &lt;bhelgaas@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://msgid.link/20240103231605.1801364-8-helgaas@kernel.org
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<pre>
Fix typos, most reported by "codespell arch/powerpc".  Only touches
comments, no code changes.

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas &lt;bhelgaas@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://msgid.link/20240103231605.1801364-8-helgaas@kernel.org
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: drop MPC85xx_CDS platform support</title>
<updated>2023-06-21T04:08:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Gortmaker</name>
<email>paul.gortmaker@windriver.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-20T04:33:00+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=b751ed04bc5e1b76f2885b846ea8289792a37166'/>
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<content type='text'>
The MPC8541/8548/8555 Configurable Development System (CDS) were the
vehicle used to provide evaluation of the 1st e500-v2 CPUs around 2007.

Similar to the earlier MPC83xx-MDS systems we removed, the "brains"
exist on a PCI-X card, but additional connectors exist to the right of
the PCI-X slot, two structural metal pins are used to provide stability
in a vertical ATX mounting, and the CPU is now on a daughter-card vs. a
clamped down BGA.

Given the extra complexity and risk of connector damage, the 8548CDS
I had access to came pre-assembled in a basic white Antec case common
for that era, and I'm inclined to assume that was the default.

Power was typical "Pentium4" 2005 ATX - the main 20 pin connector went
to the PCI ATX form factor backplane, and the 4 pin black/yellow went
to the CPU card.

Like previous evaluation boards, they attempted to provide break-out
connectors for as many features as possible, and that made for a fairly
complex looking system.

In any case, these are over 15 years old, and fairly complex systems,
originally made for a small group of industry related people, and made
for use where quiet fan operation wasn't important.  Given that, it
makes sense to remove support from them in 2023.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker &lt;paul.gortmaker@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://msgid.link/20230620043300.197546-3-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com

</content>
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The MPC8541/8548/8555 Configurable Development System (CDS) were the
vehicle used to provide evaluation of the 1st e500-v2 CPUs around 2007.

Similar to the earlier MPC83xx-MDS systems we removed, the "brains"
exist on a PCI-X card, but additional connectors exist to the right of
the PCI-X slot, two structural metal pins are used to provide stability
in a vertical ATX mounting, and the CPU is now on a daughter-card vs. a
clamped down BGA.

Given the extra complexity and risk of connector damage, the 8548CDS
I had access to came pre-assembled in a basic white Antec case common
for that era, and I'm inclined to assume that was the default.

Power was typical "Pentium4" 2005 ATX - the main 20 pin connector went
to the PCI ATX form factor backplane, and the 4 pin black/yellow went
to the CPU card.

Like previous evaluation boards, they attempted to provide break-out
connectors for as many features as possible, and that made for a fairly
complex looking system.

In any case, these are over 15 years old, and fairly complex systems,
originally made for a small group of industry related people, and made
for use where quiet fan operation wasn't important.  Given that, it
makes sense to remove support from them in 2023.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker &lt;paul.gortmaker@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://msgid.link/20230620043300.197546-3-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com

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