From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e36.co.us.ibm.com (e36.co.us.ibm.com [32.97.110.154]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "e36.co.us.ibm.com", Issuer "Equifax" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E355EDDDFE for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:40:29 +1000 (EST) Received: from d03relay02.boulder.ibm.com (d03relay02.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.227]) by e36.co.us.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l6CCeQbI023769 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:40:26 -0400 Received: from d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (d03av03.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.169]) by d03relay02.boulder.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v8.3) with ESMTP id l6CCeQCN222384 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:40:26 -0600 Received: from d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l6CCePeN030166 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:40:26 -0600 Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/8] 4xx MMU From: Josh Boyer To: Kumar Gala In-Reply-To: <2FE5C7E5-DF96-49C1-939E-39521A248F9B@kernel.crashing.org> References: <1184161957.32199.52.camel@weaponx.rchland.ibm.com> <1184162179.32199.58.camel@weaponx.rchland.ibm.com> <200707112256.38312.arnd@arndb.de> <2FE5C7E5-DF96-49C1-939E-39521A248F9B@kernel.crashing.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:40:24 -0500 Message-Id: <1184244024.32199.104.camel@weaponx.rchland.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Arnd Bergmann List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 02:09 -0500, Kumar Gala wrote: > > Is it actually feasible to get to a point where > > you can build a kernel that boots on both > > 40x and 44x, or is it just too different? > > I'm guessing its too different since 40x probably has a real mode and > 44x doesnt. Among other things. > However, I agree we should go ahead and rename 4xx to 40x at this > point in arch/powerpc. Yeah. See my response to Arnd about getting a git tree in place to do it. RSN :) josh