nds32: Remove the architecture

The nds32 architecture, also known as AndeStar V3, is a custom 32-bit
RISC target designed by Andes Technologies. Support was added to the
kernel in 2016 as the replacement RISC-V based V5 processors were
already announced, and maintained by (current or former) Andes
employees.

As explained by Alan Kao, new customers are now all using RISC-V,
and all known nds32 users are already on longterm stable kernels
provided by Andes, with no development work going into mainline
support any more.

While the port is still in a reasonably good shape, it only gets
worse over time without active maintainers, so it seems best
to remove it before it becomes unusable. As always, if it turns
out that there are mainline users after all, and they volunteer
to maintain the port in the future, the removal can be reverted.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/YhdWNLUhk+x9RAzU@yamatobi.andestech.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220302065213.82702-1-alankao@andestech.com/
Link: https://www.andestech.com/en/products-solutions/andestar-architecture/
Signed-off-by: Alan Kao <alankao@andestech.com>
[arnd: rewrite changelog to provide more background]
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

4 files changed, 0 insertions, 110 deletions

diff --git a/arch/nds32/boot/.gitignore b/arch/nds32/boot/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 9182a3a1ea0a..000000000000
--- a/arch/nds32/boot/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-/Image
diff --git a/arch/nds32/boot/Makefile b/arch/nds32/boot/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index c4cc0c2689f7..000000000000
--- a/arch/nds32/boot/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-targets := Image Image.gz
-
-$(obj)/Image: vmlinux FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
-
-$(obj)/Image.gz: $(obj)/Image FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,gzip)
-
-install: $(obj)/Image
-	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/$(src)/install.sh $(KERNELRELEASE) \
-	$(obj)/Image System.map "$(INSTALL_PATH)"
-
-zinstall: $(obj)/Image.gz
-	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/$(src)/install.sh $(KERNELRELEASE) \
-	$(obj)/Image.gz System.map "$(INSTALL_PATH)"
diff --git a/arch/nds32/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/nds32/boot/dts/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fc69562eae8..000000000000
--- a/arch/nds32/boot/dts/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-obj-$(CONFIG_OF) += $(addsuffix .dtb.o, $(CONFIG_NDS32_BUILTIN_DTB))
diff --git a/arch/nds32/boot/dts/ae3xx.dts b/arch/nds32/boot/dts/ae3xx.dts
deleted file mode 100644
index 16a9f54a805e..000000000000
--- a/arch/nds32/boot/dts/ae3xx.dts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-/dts-v1/;
-/ {
-	compatible = "andestech,ae3xx";
-	#address-cells = <1>;
-	#size-cells = <1>;
-	interrupt-parent = <&intc>;
-
-	chosen {
-		stdout-path = &serial0;
-	};
-
-	memory@0 {
-		device_type = "memory";
-		reg = <0x00000000 0x40000000>;
-	};
-
-	cpus {
-		#address-cells = <1>;
-		#size-cells = <0>;
-		cpu@0 {
-			device_type = "cpu";
-			compatible = "andestech,n13", "andestech,nds32v3";
-			reg = <0>;
-			clock-frequency = <60000000>;
-			next-level-cache = <&L2>;
-		};
-	};
-
-	intc: interrupt-controller {
-		compatible = "andestech,ativic32";
-		#interrupt-cells = <1>;
-		interrupt-controller;
-	};
-
-	clock: clk {
-		#clock-cells = <0>;
-		compatible = "fixed-clock";
-		clock-frequency = <30000000>;
-	};
-
-	apb {
-		compatible = "simple-bus";
-		#address-cells = <1>;
-		#size-cells = <1>;
-		ranges;
-
-		serial0: serial@f0300000 {
-			compatible = "andestech,uart16550", "ns16550a";
-			reg = <0xf0300000 0x1000>;
-			interrupts = <8>;
-			clock-frequency = <14745600>;
-			reg-shift = <2>;
-			reg-offset = <32>;
-			no-loopback-test = <1>;
-		};
-
-		timer0: timer@f0400000 {
-			compatible = "andestech,atcpit100";
-			reg = <0xf0400000 0x1000>;
-			interrupts = <2>;
-			clocks = <&clock>;
-			clock-names = "PCLK";
-		};
-	};
-
-	ahb {
-		compatible = "simple-bus";
-		#address-cells = <1>;
-		#size-cells = <1>;
-		ranges;
-
-		L2: cache-controller@e0500000 {
-			compatible = "andestech,atl2c";
-			reg = <0xe0500000 0x1000>;
-			cache-unified;
-			cache-level = <2>;
-		};
-
-		mac0: ethernet@e0100000 {
-			compatible = "andestech,atmac100";
-			reg = <0xe0100000 0x1000>;
-			interrupts = <18>;
-		};
-	};
-
-	pmu {
-		compatible = "andestech,nds32v3-pmu";
-		interrupts= <13>;
-	};
-};