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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:42:56 +0200 From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> To: "mark skuse" <mskuse@...me.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: difference between ppc and powerpc branches.... On Thursday 30 April 2009, mark skuse wrote: > Sorry if this is a stupid question.. but could someone please > give a brief description of the difference between the ppc and > powerpc branches? Spent a fair amount of time (not enough?) > digging around but couldn't really find a clear answer... Very easy: ppc was the old name for the now discontinued 32-bit PowerPC architecture, powerpc is the name for the merged 32 and 64 bit PowerPC architectures. All recent kernel versions only have powerpc, and no active development had gone into the ppc tree for a few years before. The only reason for keeping ppc around was that some platforms had not yet been ported to powerpc. Arnd <>< -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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