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* difference between ppc and powerpc
@ 2007-07-01  0:37 silicom
  2007-07-01  1:05 ` Josh Boyer
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From: silicom @ 2007-07-01  0:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linuxppc-embedded

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Hi  Can anybody tell me the difference between arch->ppc and arch->powerpc?   thanks a lot   

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* Re: difference between ppc and powerpc
  2007-07-01  0:37 difference between ppc and powerpc silicom
@ 2007-07-01  1:05 ` Josh Boyer
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From: Josh Boyer @ 2007-07-01  1:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: silicom; +Cc: linuxppc-embedded

On Sun, 2007-07-01 at 08:37 +0800, silicom wrote:
> Hi
>   Can anybody tell me the difference between arch->ppc and
> arch->powerpc?

arch/ppc is the original tree for 32 bit PowerPC machines.  arch/powerpc
is the merged tree for both 32 and 64 bit PowerPC machines.  arch/ppc is
dying a slow death and really shouldn't be used for new submissions.

josh

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