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raul.moreno@telvent.abengoa.com wrote:
> I didn't know ppc was deprecated. Why is it so? 

Having separate 32 and 64 bit powerpc trees was a maintenance headache. 
  The way arch/ppc is structured was a maintenance headache.

> I have been using this architecture since I started with Linux (not too
> long ago) because I manage a mpc866 processor.

mpc866 chips are supported in arch/powerpc.

> Do you mean that I should port to arch/powerpc?

Yes.

-Scott