From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:25:14 +1000 From: David Gibson To: Satya Subject: Re: Patches for ppc? Message-ID: <20070821052514.GC21169@localhost.localdomain> References: <46C5519E.6010300@dutchspace.nl> <1187353616.2778.358.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <46C5B288.2010308@dutchspace.nl> <1187361603.2778.382.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <46C5B40F.5040209@dutchspace.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Cc: David Woodhouse , Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 06:28:50PM -0500, Satya wrote: > hi, > what's the issue with arch/ppc again? why is it being phased out? I > am It's a crusty, nasty, old codebase that we want to replace with the newer and nicer arch/powerpc. > working with the IBM Blue Gene/L which is based on ppc440. I need to > get a patch in too! :) > > I noticed that head_44x.S has been copied to arch/powerpc/kernel in > the current head tree, but is it functional yet? has everything been > moved to arch/powerpc ? how about the include files ? It's not a question of indivudual files being copied over - things are done differently in arch/powerpc. Things are gradually being ported over to arch/powerpc as people get the time - that's why arch/ppc isn't gone yet. 440 support is now in arch/powerpc, but is not yet complete: it works, but is missing some fairly important device support (RTC and PCI are the most prominent). -- David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ | _way_ _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson