Powerpc continued support?
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?
Is it worth looking into this for a custom kernel?
Regards
Chris Jones
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Quoted 3 lines · Chris Jones
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?
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Is it worth looking into this for a custom kernel?
Sure... whatever floats your boat I guess.
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Quoted 3 lines · Chris Jones
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?
Sure, fair enough. I had no idea it was still so popular. But I can understand that if there's continued use, then there would be obvious reasons for continued support of the arch.
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Is it worth looking into this for a custom kernel?
Sure... whatever floats your boat I guess.
Something I might look into for custom kernel I suppose.
Regards
Chris Jones
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Sure, fair enough. I had no idea it was still so popular. But I can understand that if there's continued use, then there would be obvious reasons for continued support of the arch.
PPC is heavily used in embedded devices.
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Thanks, //richard
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Is it worth looking into this for a custom kernel?
Sure... whatever floats your boat I guess.
Something I might look into for custom kernel I suppose.
You do realize that ppc-only modules are not going to be built on e.g. x86, don't you? Not to mention the arch/powerpc stuff...