Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Kumar Gala]

Just a reminder that the plan is to remove arch/ppc this summer (June  
2008).  The following boards still existing over in arch/ppc.  Some of  
them have been ported over to arch/powerpc.  If you care about one of  
these boards and its not ported speak up (it helps if you have access  
to the board).  Also, if you know a given board is free to die of  
bitrot let us know so we know not to worry about it:

	PREP
	PQ2ADS
	TQM8260
	CPCI690
	EV64260
	CHESTNUT
	LOPEC
	KATANA
	HDPU
	MVME5100
	PAL4
	POWERPMC250
	PPLUS
	PRPMC750
	PRPMC800
	RADSTONE_PPC7D
	SANDPOINT
	SBC82xx
	SPRUCE
	LITE5200
	EV64360
	MPC86XADS
	MPC885ADS
	ADS8272

4xx:
	BAMBOO
	CPCI405
	EBONY
	EP405
	BUBINGA
	LUAN
	YUCCA
	OCOTEA
	REDWOOD_5
	REDWOOD_6
	SYCAMORE
	TAISHAN
	WALNUT
	XILINX_ML300
	XILINX_ML403

- k

Re: Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Josh Boyer]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:55:25 -0600
Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:

> Just a reminder that the plan is to remove arch/ppc this summer (June  
> 2008).  The following boards still existing over in arch/ppc.  Some of  
> them have been ported over to arch/powerpc.  If you care about one of  
> these boards and its not ported speak up (it helps if you have access  
> to the board).  Also, if you know a given board is free to die of  
> bitrot let us know so we know not to worry about it:

 
> 4xx:
> 	BAMBOO

Ported (mostly)

> 	CPCI405

Doubt this will be ported.

> 	EBONY

Ported (mostly)

> 	EP405

Ported (mostly)

> 	BUBINGA
> 	LUAN

No idea on these.

> 	YUCCA

Yucca was what again?  440spe?

> 	OCOTEA

This one will be ported soon.  I have an ocotea now.

> 	REDWOOD_5
> 	REDWOOD_6

Don't have either of these.

> 	SYCAMORE

I think Mathias was working on a 405gpr port somewhere.

> 	TAISHAN
> 	WALNUT

Ported (mostly)

> 	XILINX_ML300
> 	XILINX_ML403

Grant should have these in decent shape.

josh

Re: Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Roland Dreier]

 > > 	YUCCA
 > 
 > Yucca was what again?  440spe?

Yes, it was the first 440SPe eval board; since replaced by Katmai.

I have a Yucca and can at least test thing; if no one else gets to it,
I may try to port it to arch/powerpc for 2.6.26.

Re: Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Josh Boyer]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:30:32 -0800
Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com> wrote:

>  > > 	YUCCA
>  > 
>  > Yucca was what again?  440spe?
> 
> Yes, it was the first 440SPe eval board; since replaced by Katmai.
> 
> I have a Yucca and can at least test thing; if no one else gets to it,
> I may try to port it to arch/powerpc for 2.6.26.

Hm.  Katmai is already in-tree.  Theoretically I should be able to get
the HW docs and do a new DTS and have it mostly "just work".  Perhaps
I'll give that a shot and have you give it a quick spin.

josh

Re: Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Grant Likely]

On 1/25/08, Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> Just a reminder that the plan is to remove arch/ppc this summer (June
> 2008).

I strongly recommend that we delay removal by about a month...
somewhere around July 23-26... so we can have a great big "ding, dong,
arch/ppc is dead" party at OLS.

:-D

Cheers,
g.

-- 
Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.

Re: Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Josh Boyer]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:07:57 -0700
"Grant Likely" <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:

> On 1/25/08, Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> > Just a reminder that the plan is to remove arch/ppc this summer (June
> > 2008).
> 
> I strongly recommend that we delay removal by about a month...
> somewhere around July 23-26... so we can have a great big "ding, dong,
> arch/ppc is dead" party at OLS.

Ironically, that is where the original June date came from.  Segher
suggested doing it at OLS, which for some reason we all thought was in
June.

But this is Linux.  We never do anything on time, so I'm sure it'll
work out ;)

josh

Re: Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Roland Dreier]

 > Hm.  Katmai is already in-tree.  Theoretically I should be able to get
 > the HW docs and do a new DTS and have it mostly "just work".  Perhaps
 > I'll give that a shot and have you give it a quick spin.

Yep, should be pretty easy.  A while back I built a Katmai kernel in
arch/ppc based on the Yucca support and the differences were pretty
trivial -- as I recall, the Katmai has compact flash support that the
Yucca doesn't have, and the Yucca has a simple little FPGA with a few
registers that controls power to the PCI slots.

 - R.

Re: Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Zoltan HERPAI]

Kumar Gala wrote:
> 4xx:
> 	EBONY
>   
I have an Ebony at hand, so if no one takes it, I'll give it a try to 
port it over.

Regards,
Zoltan HERPAI

Re: Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Josh Boyer]

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:09:25 +0100
Zoltan HERPAI <wigyori@uid0.hu> wrote:

> Kumar Gala wrote:
> > 4xx:
> > 	EBONY
> >   
> I have an Ebony at hand, so if no one takes it, I'll give it a try to 
> port it over.

It's ported.  It was the first 4xx board to be ported.  Thanks for
offering though!

josh

Re: Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Matthias Fuchs]

On Saturday 26 January 2008 02:21, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > 4xx:
> > 	BAMBOO
> 
> Ported (mostly)
> 
> > 	CPCI405
> 
> Doubt this will be ported.
Of course this will be ported! I will do that in th next weeks.

Matthias

Re: Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Brian Waite]

On Friday 25 January 2008, Kumar Gala wrote:
> Just a reminder that the plan is to remove arch/ppc this summer (June
> 2008).  The following boards still existing over in arch/ppc.  Some of
> them have been ported over to arch/powerpc.  If you care about one of
> these boards and its not ported speak up (it helps if you have access
> to the board).  Also, if you know a given board is free to die of
> bitrot let us know so we know not to worry about it:
>
> 	PREP
> 	PQ2ADS
> 	TQM8260
> 	CPCI690
> 	EV64260
> 	CHESTNUT
> 	LOPEC
> 	KATANA
> 	HDPU
HDPU can die. The company is not maintaining the platform anymore.


Thanks
Brian

Re: Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Mark A. Greer]

On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 10:55:25AM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
> Just a reminder that the plan is to remove arch/ppc this summer (June  
> 2008).  The following boards still existing over in arch/ppc.  Some of  
> them have been ported over to arch/powerpc.  If you care about one of  
> these boards and its not ported speak up (it helps if you have access  
> to the board).  Also, if you know a given board is free to die of  
> bitrot let us know so we know not to worry about it:

I guess I'm just not a nice guy but I say let them die.  No need
to worry.  The code really isn't going anywhere -- git-checkout
v2.6.<pick your favorite version> and its back.

/me's $0.02.

Mark

Re: Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Kumar Gala]

On Jan 31, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Mark A. Greer wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 10:55:25AM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
>> Just a reminder that the plan is to remove arch/ppc this summer (June
>> 2008).  The following boards still existing over in arch/ppc.  Some  
>> of
>> them have been ported over to arch/powerpc.  If you care about one of
>> these boards and its not ported speak up (it helps if you have access
>> to the board).  Also, if you know a given board is free to die of
>> bitrot let us know so we know not to worry about it:
>
> I guess I'm just not a nice guy but I say let them die.  No need
> to worry.  The code really isn't going anywhere -- git-checkout
> v2.6.<pick your favorite version> and its back.
>
> /me's $0.02.

this is where I poke you about the sandpoint port ;)

- k

Re: Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Josh Boyer]

On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:54:46 -0700
"Mark A. Greer" <mgreer@mvista.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 10:55:25AM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
> > Just a reminder that the plan is to remove arch/ppc this summer (June  
> > 2008).  The following boards still existing over in arch/ppc.  Some of  
> > them have been ported over to arch/powerpc.  If you care about one of  
> > these boards and its not ported speak up (it helps if you have access  
> > to the board).  Also, if you know a given board is free to die of  
> > bitrot let us know so we know not to worry about it:
> 
> I guess I'm just not a nice guy but I say let them die.  No need
> to worry.  The code really isn't going anywhere -- git-checkout
> v2.6.<pick your favorite version> and its back.

You're a nice guy.  You just aren't as much of a masochist as the rest
of us I guess.

;)

josh

Re: Reminder: removal of arch/ppc

[Mark A. Greer]

On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 09:33:09PM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
> 
> On Jan 31, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Mark A. Greer wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 10:55:25AM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
> >>Just a reminder that the plan is to remove arch/ppc this summer (June
> >>2008).  The following boards still existing over in arch/ppc.  Some  
> >>of
> >>them have been ported over to arch/powerpc.  If you care about one of
> >>these boards and its not ported speak up (it helps if you have access
> >>to the board).  Also, if you know a given board is free to die of
> >>bitrot let us know so we know not to worry about it:
> >
> >I guess I'm just not a nice guy but I say let them die.  No need
> >to worry.  The code really isn't going anywhere -- git-checkout
> >v2.6.<pick your favorite version> and its back.
> >
> >/me's $0.02.
> 
> this is where I poke you about the sandpoint port ;)

Heh, I know, I know.  jdl was asking me about it a few days ago too.
I haven't forgotten, it just never makes it to the top of my stack.

RSN tho... :)