Re: Getting Debian to release the PowerPC port
Hi, Josh.
On Sep 11 2008, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:55:14 -0300 Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br> wrote:
> > * which is the official dtc git repository?
> > I ask it here because dtc.ozlabs.org doesn't seem to work, but this is
> > what is linked to from the page <http://ozlabs.org/> and the
> > device-tree-compiler package on Debian has an outdated page (it
> > seems). I already filed a bugreport to that package
> > (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=497605).
>
> git://www.jld.com/software/dtc.git
Nice.
> Though the kernel embeds the dtc source in it now, and a stand-alone
> dtc is not required for kernel builds.
I just noticed this while compiling a uImage kernel. Thanks.
> > * where can I find the people responsible for glibc and gcc/g++ so that
> > I can fill in the empty fields at
> > <http://wiki.debian.org/powerpcLennyReleaseRecertification>, so that
> > powerpc does not become "at risk" of not being released? Is the
> > powerpc port cared by some team in special or is it just a "unified"
> > upstream?
>
> PowerPC is supported in the upstream GNU glibc and gcc projects. There
> is no separate repository for those. The PowerPC maintainers for those
> projects can be found on the website for glibc (it's Steven Munroe), or
> in the MAINTAINERS file in gcc. PowerPC is called 'rs6000' in gcc for
> historical reasons.
Thanks for the information. I put it there on that page.
Thanks, Rogério Brito.
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