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From: Dwayne Fontenot <dwayne.fontenot@att•net>
To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs•org
Subject: Re: removal of arch/ppc in 2.6.27?
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:39:49 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20080420T003504-90@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: D713F373-AE2A-4341-9C29-EF65B9399B36@kernel.crashing.org

Kumar Gala <galak <at> 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

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-04-20  1:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-19 15:30 removal of arch/ppc in 2.6.27? Kumar Gala
2008-04-19 16:27 ` Grant Likely
2008-04-19 18:13 ` Josh Boyer
2008-04-19 20:43 ` Chuck Meade
2008-04-20  0:39 ` Dwayne Fontenot [this message]
2008-04-20 11:14 ` Marvin
2008-04-20 12:27   ` Paul Mackerras
2008-04-20 12:55     ` Gabriel Paubert
2008-04-20 13:43     ` Marvin
2008-04-21  8:03     ` David Woodhouse
2008-05-16 14:05 ` Suresh Chandra Mannava

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