Pull request for branch mark-arch-as-broken

The following changes since commit 3435c1afb58307240be8e4607b5bb7d239fac4e9:
Peter Korsgaard (1):
kconfig: implement KCONFIG_PROBABILITY for rand{,package}config

are available in the git repository at:

git://git.busybox.net/~tpetazzoni/git/buildroot mark-arch-as-broken

Thomas Petazzoni (1):
Deprecate the Alpha, IA64, Sparc and Sparc64 support

 target/Config.in.arch |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Thanks,

Thomas Petazzoni

Those architectures don't exist anymore (Alpha, IA64) or aren't widely used for embedded systems running Linux. Moreover, no clear Buildroot maintainer has stepped in to maintain these architectures, so it's better to not pretend that we support them.

The goal is to mark them as deprecated in 2010.08 and remove them in 2010.11.

---
 target/Config.in.arch |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

index 62721c9..726d843 100644
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ choice
 
 config BR2_alpha
 	bool "alpha"
+	# Alpha does not exist anymore and has never been used in
+	# embedded systems, so we'll remove support for it.
+	depends on BR2_DEPRECATED
 	depends on BROKEN # no threads, shared libs, gcc psignal compile errors
 config BR2_arm
 	bool "arm"

@@ -18,6 +21,9 @@ config BR2_cris
 	bool "cris"
 config BR2_ia64
 	bool "ia64"
+	# IA64 almost does not exist anymore and has never been used
+	# in embedded systems, so we'll remove support for it.
+	depends on BR2_DEPRECATED
 	depends on BROKEN # uclibc linker errors
 config BR2_i386
 	bool "i386"

@@ -35,8 +41,18 @@ config BR2_sh
 config BR2_sh64
 	bool "superh64"
 config BR2_sparc
+	# Sparc isn't really used in embedded systems, and in the
+	# cases where it is used, Linux doesn't seem to be common, and
+	# as of today we don't have a maintainer in Buildroot who
+	# wants to take care of the sparc support.
+	depends on BR2_DEPRECATED
 	bool "sparc"
 config BR2_sparc64
+	# Sparc64 isn't really used in embedded systems, and in the
+	# cases where it is used, Linux doesn't seem to be common, and
+	# as of today we don't have a maintainer in Buildroot who
+	# wants to take care of the sparc support.
+	depends on BR2_DEPRECATED
 	bool "sparc64"
 config BR2_x86_64
 	bool "x86_64"

1.7.0.4

Hi Sam,

Yes, sure. Will resend a version that only deprecates Alpha, IA64 and Sparc64. Don't hesitate to sent patches improving/fixing our Sparc support for these kind of boards.

Thanks,

Thomas

Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux
development, consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com

Hi Sam,

Sam> I received a SPARC based evaluation board recently:

Sam> http://www.gaisler.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=339&Itemid=

Careful about that, can be a real time sink ;)

Sam> Today their Linux support is based on snapgear.
Sam> I looked at more up-to-date alternatives and actually decided Sam> to go with buildroot (I only considered OpenEmbedded and buildroot).

Sam> But I have made no progress so far (some kconfig stuff to do first).

Sam> Could we hold on with the removal of sparc for the rest of the year? Sam> I will see if I can get something running.

Sure.

Bye, Peter Korsgaard