Re: PowerPCSPE port status
On Sep 17, 2012, at 5:18 AM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:51:33AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
>> Hi,
> Hi Aurelien,
>
>> It seems that the powerpcspe port hasn't seen an upload since the
>> beginning of the year, with the consequence that less than 30% of the
>> packages are now up to date. What is the status of this port?
>
> I tried to keep the port a live in my spare time but gave up because they were
> too many changes.
>
>> Are there
>> still people working on it?
>
> I am not. Kyle left Boeing and the other people there seem not to continue his
> work.
>
>> using it?
>
> I am getting mails from time to time "how can I help with the port I need new
> packages" or something like that but after I tell what there is to do I don't
> hear anything anymore. P2020 is still used in new designs and I don't know if
> still FSL recommends it. The successor CPUs in this category (post P2020 that
> is P2041, P4xxx, …) have the e500mc core (instead of e500) which supports the
> "normal" FPU which can not make use of the port.
>
> If you need to space and nobody is stepping up to maintain the port then I
> guess nobody will complain :)
Freescale still sells numerous SoCs that would utilize this port. (8548, P2020, P102x, P1010, etc.). So if its not impacting anyone would be useful to keep it around.
- k
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