ASPEED AST2x00 and AST27xx BMC SoC platform support
Platform glue for ASPEED's AST2400, AST2500, AST2600, and newer AST2700-series system-on-chips, the dedicated baseboard management controllers embedded in most modern servers to provide remote console, sensor monitoring, and power control. It handles SoC identification and on-chip routing used by the rest of the ASPEED BMC stack, including OpenBMC firmware.
recommendation
It should stay because ASPEED's baseboard management controller chips are the de facto standard for server "lights-out" management and remain actively sold. The directory is under live upstream maintenance, with new support for the latest AST2700-series parts landing as recently as early 2026, and ASPEED still markets both the AST2600 and the newer AST27xx family as current products.
repository signals
sources
- lore.kernel.org
Upstream activity is current and includes new-feature enablement: AST27xx dual-node support was added to aspeed-uart-routing in February 2026.
- lore.kernel.org
The directory still receives routine upstream maintenance in 2025, including API adaptation work in soc: aspeed code touching drivers in this directory.
- aspeedtech.com
ASPEED still marketed AST2700/AST2720/AST2750 BMC products as current in 2025-era product pages, with multiple AST27xx parts listed as 'Sample Ongoing'; AST2600/AST2620 remain listed as active products.
- aspeedtech.com
AST2700 is a current-generation ASPEED server-management/BMC SoC, indicating the hardware family behind this driver directory is not obsolete.
- aspeedtech.com
AST2600 remains an ASPEED server-management/BMC SoC product, supporting continued deployment of earlier supported ASPEED generations.
codex reasoning notes (technical)
Real driver directory: four module_platform_driver implementations plus one socinfo helper in local source. lore_activity tool on representative files showed active 2025-2026 maintenance and new AST27xx support, not retirement. No removal thread surfaced in the sampled lore results used here. Vendor product pages were obtained via web search and show AST2600 plus AST27xx-family BMCs still marketed for server management, so the deployment base is ongoing and there is no natural replacement driver beyond newer ASPEED generations using the same in-tree drivers.