From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:20:10 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Deprecate the Alpha, IA64, Sparc and Sparc64 support In-Reply-To: <20100726151008.GA10692@merkur.ravnborg.org> References: <59f8b962e83de5bd5e13a6eb58530634e5701f0f.1280155876.git.thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> <20100726151008.GA10692@merkur.ravnborg.org> Message-ID: <20100726172010.441c9574@surf> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Hi Sam, On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:10:08 +0200 Sam Ravnborg wrote: > I received a SPARC based evaluation board recently: > > http://www.gaisler.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=339&Itemid= > > Today their Linux support is based on snapgear. > I looked at more up-to-date alternatives and actually decided > to go with buildroot (I only considered OpenEmbedded and buildroot). > > But I have made no progress so far (some kconfig stuff to do first). > > Could we hold on with the removal of sparc for the rest of the year? > I will see if I can get something running. Yes, sure. Will resend a version that only deprecates Alpha, IA64 and Sparc64. Don't hesitate to sent patches improving/fixing our Sparc support for these kind of boards. Thanks, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com