Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:35:41 -0600
From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>, Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/8] [POWERPC] 8xx cleanups
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:00:12 +0100
Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 11:31:46AM -0600, Jon Loeliger wrote:
> > Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > >>What impact do the have on boards in arch/ppc being able to build?
> > >
> > >Byt the way what are the plans for powerpc?
> > >We have:
> > >arch/ppc
> > >arch/ppc64
> > >arch/powerpc
> > >
> > >It was my understanding that arch/powerpc was supposed
> > >to be the future unified powerpc architecture but it
> > >does not even provide a defconfig.
> > >
> > >And I do not see too much happening to do so - but that maybe
> > >because I looked at a wrong place.
> > 
> > You must have looked in the wrong place. :-)
> > 
> > arch/ppc is scheduled for removal from mainline in June.
> Good to hear.
> 
> > arch/powerpc is under significant development, with lots
> > of defconfigs in arch/powerpc/configs.
> Double checked - it was my build script that used ARCH=ppc
> Now I just need to build another toolchain as the ppc750 could not build
> the defconfig. crosstool is my friend here.

You'll need mkimage if you ever venture into some of the embedded board
configs.  Just an FYI.

josh
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