From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:44:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:44:35 -0400 Received: from borg.org ([208.218.135.231]:8722 "HELO borg.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:44:26 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:44:40 -0400 From: Kent Borg To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: State of PPC in kernel.org Sources? Message-ID: <20010822094440.B11350@borg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org What is the state of Power PC support in Linus' kernels? What about in -ac kernels? I have noticed some recent PPC work in summaries of recent -ac kernels and wonder how intact it is. Are they merges to keep PPC forks from drifting too far? Are they merges to make furture back-ports from kernel.org to PPC forks easier? Are they actually complete in and of themselves but lagging PPC forks? (What about 405 support? I think I see evidence of recent 405 activity in 2.4.8-ac4...) I would love a short descreiption of the shape of this stuff. What work happens where and how and when it moves elsewhere would be great to understand. Thanks a bunch, -kb, the new-at-this Kent who is working on a 405GP right now, but who will possibly be moving to a different architecture soon and doesn't want to be in a PPC-specific ghetto. P.S. A terse "Use kernel blah-blah." isn't very useful. We have a working kernel already. I am trying to understand what comes from where, where it goes, how often, how completely, etc.