From: "Grant Likely" <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
To: "David Baird" <dhbaird@gmail.com>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: powerpc tree vs ppc tree
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:01:55 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fa686aa40802201601q20ef2077qcec6221d5c4ab2e0@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <440abda90802201403y1bb88c21s44f64a76c58041b4@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 3:03 PM, David Baird <dhbaird@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Ricardo Ayres Severo
> <severo.ricardo@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a simple doubt, but I find no answer. What is the difference
> > between the powerpc tree to the ppc tree in the kernel source?
> > Which one should I use with a virtex II pro board?
>
> ppc (32-bit versions) and ppc64 are deprecated trees scheduled to be
> removed from the Linux kernel.
>
> powerpc is the new preferred tree and is trying to consolidate ppc and
> ppc64. For Xilinx ppc405 though, I think the ppc tree is still
> recommended, but that will probably be changing soon (this summer)?
arch/powerpc is getting close to usable on the virtex, but there are
still some missing bits. It won't be ready for prime time until
2.6.26.
Cheers,
g.
--
Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.
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2008-02-20 20:57 powerpc tree vs ppc tree Ricardo Ayres Severo
2008-02-20 22:03 ` David Baird
2008-02-21 0:01 ` Grant Likely [this message]
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