linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 01/20] powerpc/cell: Remove support for IBM Cell Blades

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Message-ID: <fa60468bfebb7392bac54454fe196f306f6db97f.camel@ozlabs.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 08:30:37 +0800
From: Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de, geoff@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/20] powerpc/cell: Remove support for IBM Cell
 Blades

Hi Michael,

> IBM Cell Blades used the Cell processor and the "blade" server form
> factor. They were sold as models QS20, QS21 & QS22 from roughly 2006 to
> 2012 [1]. They were used in a few supercomputers (eg. Roadrunner) that
> have since been dismantled, and were not that widely used otherwise.
> 
> Until recently I still had a working QS22, which meant I was able to
> keep the platform support working, but unfortunately that machine has
> now died.

Oh no!

> Remove the top-level config symbol PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE, and then
> the dependent symbols PPC_CELL_NATIVE, PPC_CELL_COMMON, CBE_RAS,
> PPC_IBM_CELL_RESETBUTTON, PPC_IBM_CELL_POWERBUTTON, CBE_THERM, and
> AXON_MSI. Then remove the associated C files and headers, and trim
> unused header content (some is shared with PS3).

Nice work, thanks for pulling this apart. For the series:

Acked-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>

Cheers,


Jeremy