linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] video: fbdev: amifb: add FIXME about dead APUS support

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Message-ID: <20200602161225.GJ23230@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 2 Jun 2020 17:12:25 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] video: fbdev: amifb: add FIXME about dead APUS
 support

On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 02:03:12PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 1:50 PM Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
> <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com> wrote:
> > On 5/14/20 10:21 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > These #ifdefs are relics from APUS (Amiga Power-Up System), which
> > > added a PPC board.  APUS support was killed off a long time ago,
> > > when arch/ppc/ was still king, but these #ifdefs were missed, because
> > > they didn't test for CONFIG_APUS.
> >
> > Add FIXME about using the C code variants (APUS ones) in the future.
> >
> > Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> > Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

FWIW, has anyone managed to boot m68k linux kernel on e.g. FS-UAE?
I have done that on aranym (which is how I'd been doing all
testing for e.g. signal-related m68k patches) and I've seen
references to some out-of-tree qemu variant doing quadra, but
nothing for amiga emulators...