From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C22ADE316 for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:05:15 +1000 (EST) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JnNfy-0002yW-NK for linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:45:03 +0000 Received: from 65.161.19.125 ([65.161.19.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:45:02 +0000 Received: from dwayne.fontenot by 65.161.19.125 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:45:02 +0000 To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org From: Dwayne Fontenot Subject: Re: removal of arch/ppc in 2.6.27? Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:39:49 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: news List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Kumar Gala kernel.crashing.org> writes: > > This is intended as a reminder that we plan on getting rid of arch/ppc > this summer. I'm guessing based on kernel release times that will be > 2.6.27. That would mean 2.6.26 will be the last kernel to support > arch/ppc. > > If people have boards that like ported over please let us know and > work with us to port this over to arch/powerpc. > > Here is a list based on arch/ppc/platforms. Its not intended to be > complete but a general idea of what's left in arch/ppc. > ... > MVME5100 e6xx I would very much like to see mvme5100 move to powerpc. I'll help any way I can including trying to port it myself. Is it significant that in arch/powerpc/platforms/prep/Kconfig PPC_PREP depends on BROKEN ? What are the implications of that? Thanks, Dwayne