Plan to remove support for ARMv6 and KZM/imx31
We are planning on removing support for the KZM ARM11 platform in order to reduce maintenance burden. We are assuming that this is a dead platform and removing support won't affect anyone but it would be useful to know who if anyone is currently using this platform and how much interest there is in ongoing support. The platform was the original verification target of seL4 over 10 years ago and by now there doesn't appear to be any ways to obtain new hardware. It is starting to require more attention as the physical board we have is starting to intermittently fail independently from the KZM Qemu simulation target. Currently, the KZM platform is the only ARMv6 platform that we support and supporting it requires a few work-arounds for emulating mechanisms that newer hardware supports. Removing this platform also implies removing armv6 support. There is an older discourse topic for discussion on this topic here: https://sel4.discourse.group/t/should-we-continue-to-support-armv6-and-kzm-i...
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Mcleod, Kent (Data61, Kensington NSW)