Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934081Ab2FEM31 (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jun 2012 08:29:27 -0400 Received: from mail-qa0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]:53957 "EHLO mail-qa0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932671Ab2FEM3K (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jun 2012 08:29:10 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4FCDA403.6070801@spin.net.au> References: <4FCDA403.6070801@spin.net.au> Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 08:29:09 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Powerpc continued support? From: Josh Boyer To: Chris Jones Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 764 Lines: 18 On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:15 AM, Chris Jones wrote: > I am just thinking about Powerpc support in the kernel. Are there any plans > to remove its support? And if so, how much space would be saved by its > removal or at least disablement of Powerpc specific modules? No plans to remove it at all. It's one of the more active architecture ports Linux has. Why on earth would it be removed? > Is it worth looking into this for a custom kernel? Sure... whatever floats your boat I guess. josh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/