Re: [PATCH 0/2] powerpc: Remove support for ppc405/440 Xilinx platforms

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Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Fri, 2020-04-03 at 15:59 +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> > On Tue, 2020-03-31 at 16:30 +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> > > I have no attachment to 40x, and I'd certainly be happy to have
>> > > less
>> > > code in the tree, we struggle to keep even the modern platforms
>> > > well
>> > > maintained.
>> > > 
>> > > At the same time I don't want to render anyone's hardware
>> > > obsolete
>> > > unnecessarily. But if there's really no one using 40x then we
>> > > should
>> > > remove it, it could well be broken already.
>> > > 
>> > > So I guess post a series to do the removal and we'll see if
>> > > anyone
>> > > speaks up.
>> > 
>> > We shouldn't remove 40x completely. Just remove the Xilinx 405
>> > stuff.
>> 
>> Congratulations on becoming the 40x maintainer!
>
> Didn't I give you my last 40x system ? :-)

Probably, but my desk is nearly as messy as yours so it's probably
buried under some even more obscure hardware :P

> IBM still put 40x cores inside POWER chips no ?

Oh yeah that's true. I guess most folks don't know that, or that they
run RHEL on them.

cheers
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