linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] sh: remove sh5 support

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Date:   Thu, 28 May 2020 17:28:19 -0500
From:   Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
To:     Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
        ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] sh: remove sh5 support

On 5/28/20 5:14 PM, Rich Felker wrote:
> Aside from that, the open source & open hardware J-core models are
> still active and in development, with the latest release having been
> made this month, and the J32 with MMU nearly complete and pending
> release, contingent mostly on integration and testing with Linux.

J-core's doing stuff:

https://github.com/j-core

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/spacechain-foundation-invests-in-core-semiconductor-to-produce-open-hardware-platform-for-direct-satellite-to-devices-communication-301061761.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gs7qpn/we_are_jeff_garzik_and_jeff_dionne_and_we_are/

And I note that I worked a year long contract in 2018 porting an existing sh4
Windows CE board to Linux (as a field upgrade to a widely deployed building
control system with a big stock of parts to build replacement units), so
conventional superh isn't exactly dead either.

Rob