From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754984AbXGGULq (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jul 2007 16:11:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753493AbXGGULj (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jul 2007 16:11:39 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:53775 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752988AbXGGULi (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jul 2007 16:11:38 -0400 Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 22:12:08 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: spyro@f2s.com, john@dnsworld.co.uk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Status of the arm26 port? Message-ID: <20070707201208.GJ3492@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I'm wondering what the status of the arm26 port in the kernel is: AFAIR gcc support for this architecture was deprecated in gcc 3.4 and removed in gcc 4.0. This implies that either someone will have to re-add support to gcc in the next 1-2 years or the kernel port will become useless with the next increase of the minimum gcc requirement for the kernel. The other point is that I tried to cross-compile an arm26 defconfig. I gave up after running into several compile errors, and it doesn't seem as if any recent kernel could be compiled. Is the arm26 kernel port already unused dead code or is some work for getting it back into shape pending? cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed