From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8382DDDFD for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:12:00 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:11:49 +0400 From: Vitaly Bordug To: Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [CURIOUSITY] When will we stop caring about arch/ppc? Message-ID: <20070627011149.14bf9fba@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200706261903.41801.arnd@arndb.de> References: <20070625182304.GC31840@mag.az.mvista.com> <1182864764.19501.7.camel@weaponx.rchland.ibm.com> <1ce7f225511ea3d67a63b8a4ac683e0c@kernel.crashing.org> <200706261903.41801.arnd@arndb.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:03:41 +0200 Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Tuesday 26 June 2007, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > > Well the arch/ppc tree is basically frozen already, all Freescale > > stuff got moved over already as far as I can see, and 4xx has > > started moving. > > 8xx has been moved over, but last time I tried, it was not possible > to actually compile that code. Note sure if the arch/ppc version of > it is in a much better shape though. > 8xx should be ok now, yet, we have to be aware that only 2 platforms are in arch/powerpc and there are plenty in arch/ppc still. > 82xx seems to be in a similar state to 4xx, with a single platform > moved over, but most of the code still being arch/ppc only. > The situation is better here - most stuff is very similar to what is done (except sandpoint but that's another story) and the number of platforms is reasonable. for the 8xx feild, there is quite a lot of boards... with all the "specifics", it is nearly impossible to provide robust port without actual HW (or, heh, the result won't work at all). > Arnd <>< > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-dev mailing list > Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev -- Sincerely, Vitaly