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>

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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/andestech,atcpit100-timer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/andestech,atcpit100-timer.txt
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-Andestech ATCPIT100 timer
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-ATCPIT100 is a generic IP block from Andes Technology, embedded in
-Andestech AE3XX platforms and other designs.
-
-This timer is a set of compact multi-function timers, which can be
-used as pulse width modulators (PWM) as well as simple timers.
-
-It supports up to 4 PIT channels. Each PIT channel is a
-multi-function timer and provide the following usage scenarios:
-One 32-bit timer
-Two 16-bit timers
-Four 8-bit timers
-One 16-bit PWM
-One 16-bit timer and one 8-bit PWM
-Two 8-bit timer and one 8-bit PWM
-
-Required properties:
-- compatible	: Should be "andestech,atcpit100"
-- reg		: Address and length of the register set
-- interrupts	: Reference to the timer interrupt
-- clocks 	: a clock to provide the tick rate for "andestech,atcpit100"
-- clock-names 	: should be "PCLK" for the peripheral clock source.
-
-Examples:
-
-timer0: timer@f0400000 {
-	compatible = "andestech,atcpit100";
-	reg = <0xf0400000 0x1000>;
-	interrupts = <2>;
-	clocks = <&apb>;
-	clock-names = "PCLK";
-};