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

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

[C.r. Guo]

From: Chunrong Guo <chunrong.guo@nxp.com>

(From OE-Core rev: c67bc9bdcbcf46ed54dfbafd1bb6e405ed77f86a)

Signed-off-by: Chunrong Guo <chunrong.guo@nxp.com>
---
 meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500v2.inc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500v2.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500v2.inc
index 3a006e2..d318bba 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500v2.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500v2.inc
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ SPEABIEXTENSION = "${@bb.utils.filter('TUNE_FEATURES', 'spe', d)}"
 ABIEXTENSION .= "${SPEABIEXTENSION}"
 
 AVAILTUNES += "ppce500v2"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce500v2 = "m32 spe ppce500v2"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce500v2 = "m32 ppce500v2"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppce500v2 = "ppce500v2"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppce500v2 = "ppce500v2"
-- 
2.7.4

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

[Richard Purdie]

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?

Cheers,

Richard

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

[Lukasz Majewski]

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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.

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
> 




Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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

[richard.purdie]

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

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

[C.r. Guo]

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
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

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

[Lukasz Majewski]

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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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