linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] powerpc: Remove PowerPC 601

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Date:   Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:01:55 -0500
From:   Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] powerpc: Remove PowerPC 601

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 06:09:21AM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Powerpc 601 is 25 years old.

So is 603, but that one is still used!  :-)

> It is not selected by any defconfig.
> 
> It requires a lot of special handling as it deviates from the
> standard 6xx.
> 
> Retire it.

That is fine with me of course.  If I get a vote at all for this!

Thanks,


Segher