linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/18] powerpc: Wire up 44x little endian boot for remaining 44x targets

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Message-ID: <AANLkTins34TrEWj618_4XBRwGGFqRSehwWEp7jBubvsu@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 1 Oct 2010 07:27:37 -0400
From:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>
To:	Ian Munsie <imunsie@....ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulus@...ba.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/18] powerpc: Wire up 44x little endian boot for
 remaining 44x targets

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:05 AM, Ian Munsie <imunsie@....ibm.com> wrote:
> From: Ian Munsie <imunsie@....ibm.com>
>
> I haven't tested booting a little endian kernel on any of these targets,
> but they all claim to be 44x so my little endian trampoline should work
> on all of them, so wire it up on:
>
> bamboo
> katmai
> kilauea
> rainer
> sam440ep
> sequoia
> warp
> yosemite
> ebony
>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie <imunsie@....ibm.com>

I see no reason to do this at all.  If you haven't tested them and
there is no demand, there's no reason to wire them up.  Some might
actively want to disallow LE mode anyway, like the Warp or Sam440EP.

josh
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