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On 11/14/19 11:44 PM, Li Yang wrote:
>> Can you add an explanation why we don't want ucc_geth on non-PowerPC platforms?
> I think it is because the QE Ethernet was never integrated in any
> non-PowerPC SoC and most likely will not be in the future.  We
> probably can make it compile for other architectures for general code
> quality but it is not a priority.

This explanation belongs in the commit message.