From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from az33egw02.freescale.net (az33egw02.freescale.net [192.88.158.103]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "az33egw02.freescale.net", Issuer "Thawte Premium Server CA" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 098C7B7D8C for ; Tue, 18 May 2010 05:54:56 +1000 (EST) Received: from de01smr01.freescale.net (de01smr01.freescale.net [10.208.0.31]) by az33egw02.freescale.net (8.14.3/az33egw02) with ESMTP id o4HJsrsJ009133 for ; Mon, 17 May 2010 12:54:53 -0700 (MST) Received: from az33exm25.fsl.freescale.net (az33exm25.am.freescale.net [10.64.32.16]) by de01smr01.freescale.net (8.13.1/8.13.0) with ESMTP id o4HK51Yr003558 for ; Mon, 17 May 2010 15:05:01 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 14:54:52 -0500 From: Scott Wood To: Shawn Jin Subject: Re: mpc870 support in the powerpc arch? Message-ID: <20100517195451.GA19894@schlenkerla.am.freescale.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Cc: ppcdev List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 02:41:29PM -0700, Shawn Jin wrote: > Hi, > > Is mpc870 fully supported in the powerpc arch? I know it's an old > processor but 8xx is still one of platforms in the powerpc arch. If > it's not supported, how much effort will it be to resurrect mpc870 in > the new arch considering we have substantial 8xx support? It should work, with appropriate board support -- MPC875 and MPC885 have been used with arch/powerpc, and MPC870 is very similar (albeit with fewer devices). -Scott