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Subject: Re: Starting the arch/powerpc merge
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Heikki Lindholm wrote:
> Paul Mackerras kirjoitti:
> 
>> Christoph Hellwig writes:
>>
>>
>>> What about just dropping POWER3/4 support in 32bit mode?
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes... I'm getting very close to deciding to do that.  In fact POWER3
>> isn't too bad, since it still has BATs, but POWER4/PPC970 would be
>> tricky.
>>
>> Does anyone on these lists have any major objections if we drop
>> support for 32-bit kernels on POWER3 and POWER4/PPC970?
> 
> 
> I think it was Kumar Gala who already asked this a while ago. For me, 
> 32-bit kernel on a 970 has been useful "initial stage" of gradually 
> porting kernel stuff over to real 64-bit, but if I'm the only user and 
> keeping the support is a nuisance, go ahead and drop it.
> 
> -- Heikki Lindholm

Count me in too; using a 970 in 32 bit mode, because of gentoo X.org
problems in 64 bit mode.

Regards

Pantelis