Re: [thud][PATCH] ppce500v2: remove spe *The PowerPC SPE support is split off to a separate powerpcspe port

[Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de>]

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On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:56:35 +0000
"C.r. Guo" <chunrong.guo@nxp.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
> Please review gcc changes about issue.
> https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc-8/changes.html
> https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2018-04/msg00102.html
> 

Thanks for the info.

Shall I assume that NXP is regarding this port (SPE) as an obsolete one
and do not plan to spent any more resources on it?

> thanks
> chunrong
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org
> <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> Sent: 2018年11月16日 20:46
> To: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de>
> Cc: C.r. Guo <chunrong.guo@nxp.com>;
> openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [thud][PATCH] ppce500v2: remove spe *The
> PowerPC SPE support is split off to a separate powerpcspe port
> 
> On Fri, 2018-11-16 at 13:31 +0100, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> > Hi Richard,
> >   
> > > What does "The PowerPC SPE support is split off to a separate 
> > > powerpcspe port" mean?
> > > 
> > > That gcc support is being dropped and its going somewhere
> > > separate?
> > > 
> > > That we're dropping spe support from OE?  
> > 
> > I do hope NOT.
> > 
> > There are still some users of those SPE SoCs. Please do not remove
> > it from OE.  
> 
> I would highlight that Yocto Project and OE get very little support
> for anything PowerPC related and that upstream gcc have already
> removed parts of the SPE support. We will likely end up having to
> follow what gcc does, we have a hack in place now but it won't last
> another gcc major version upgrade.
> 
> So if you or your customers care about SPE or PowerPC in general, we
> really need to see more support at the Yocto Project advisory board
> to continue to keep it as a first class citizen.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Richard
> 
> 




Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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