Re: RM9000 / E9000, MSP71xx class processors, SOCs and eval boards

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 03:28:17PM -0600, Shane McDonald wrote:

> I'm interested in the MSP71xx eval board, although I may be
> the only person in the world who cares.  Specifically, I use the
> msp71xx_defconfig.  3.7-rc8 compiles with gcc-4.6.3
> without requiring any patches.
> 
> I don't know when the last time the RM9000 was compilable,
> but I have no interest in that, nor do I have interest in the
> FPGA or eval board versions of the MSP7120 (no hardware to
> test with).
> 
> I had hoped that someone from PMC-Sierra would respond, but
> maybe they don't care anymore...

Being a crazy tradition set by the Sparc AP1000, I'm happy with a single
user :-)

The Yosemite stuff scores higher on my kill list anyway.  The board
support code was never too great but that's not the issue; the SOC's
network driver which is rotting away in the linux-mips.org git tree as
the last change that can't be merged upstream as it is, stopped even
compiling ages ago and while a superior replacement has been posted,
nobody cared enough to get it into mergeable shape.

Now that 3.7 is finally released, hasta la vista, Yosemite.

  Ralf