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avr32: remove support for AVR32 architecture
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This patch drops support for AVR32 architecture from the Linux kernel.

The AVR32 architecture is not keeping up with the development of the
kernel, and since it shares so much of the drivers with Atmel ARM SoC,
it is starting to hinder these drivers to develop swiftly.

Also, all AVR32 AP7 SoC processors are end of lifed from Atmel (now
Microchip).

Finally, the GCC toolchain is stuck at version 4.2.x, and has not
received any patches since the last release from Atmel;
4.2.4-atmel.1.1.3.avr32linux.1. When building kernel v4.10, this
toolchain is no longer able to properly link the network stack.

Haavard and I have came to the conclusion that we feel keeping AVR32 on
life support offers more obstacles for Atmel ARMs, than it gives joy to
AVR32 users. I also suspect there are very few AVR32 users left today,
if anybody at all.

Signed-off-by: Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Håvard Skinnemoen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Boris Brezillon <[email protected]>
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S: Boulder, Colorado 80302
S: USA

N: Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt
E: [email protected]
D: AVR32 architecture maintainer.

N: Heiko Eißfeldt
E: [email protected] [email protected]
D: verify_area stuff, generic SCSI fixes
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S: Markham, Ontario L3R 2Z6
S: Canada

N: Haavard Skinnemoen
M: Haavard Skinnemoen <[email protected]>
D: AVR32 architecture port to Linux and maintainer.

N: Rick Sladkey
E: [email protected]
D: utility hacker: Emacs, NFS server, mount, kmem-ps, UPS debugger, strace, GDB
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F: drivers/auxdisplay/
F: include/linux/cfag12864b.h

AVR32 ARCHITECTURE
M: Haavard Skinnemoen <[email protected]>
M: Hans-Christian Egtvedt <[email protected]>
W: http://www.atmel.com/products/AVR32/
W: http://mirror.egtvedt.no/avr32linux.org/
W: http://avrfreaks.net/
S: Maintained
F: arch/avr32/

AVR32/AT32AP MACHINE SUPPORT
M: Haavard Skinnemoen <[email protected]>
M: Hans-Christian Egtvedt <[email protected]>
S: Maintained
F: arch/avr32/mach-at32ap/

AX.25 NETWORK LAYER
M: Ralf Baechle <[email protected]>
L: [email protected]
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