linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] C-SKY(csky) Port for Linux 4.20

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdU-Vm_iwaY7hO54n+NuqRgfEmyBx8+HM6m0XtoqoG+AXw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Oct 2018 13:24:00 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     "torvalds@...ux-foundation.org" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Guo Ren <ren_guo@...ky.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        c-sky_gcc_upstream@...ky.com, guoren1983@...il.com,
        Marta Rybczynska <mrybczyn@...ray.eu>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] C-SKY(csky) Port for Linux 4.20

Hi Arnd,

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 12:27 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 11:26 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 10:45 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> > > One more general comment: I think this may well be the last new CPU
> > > architecture we ever add to the kernel. Both nds32 and c-sky are made
> > > by companies that also work on risc-v, and generally speaking risc-v
> > > seems to be killing off any of the minor licensable instruction set projects,
> > > just like ARM has mostly killed off the custom vendor-specific instruction
> > > sets already. If we add another architecture in the future, it may instead
> > > be something like the LLVM bitcode or WebAssembly, who knows?
> >
> > Kalray MPPA?
> >
>
> Ok, I stand corrected. I found the sources at [1], which look like they
> are getting ready for an initial submission.
>
>        Arnd
>
> [1] https://github.com/kalray/linux_coolidge/commits/kalray-v4.19-rc8

Cool, I didn't know they were that close ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

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