linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 01/10] powerpc/chrp: Remove CHRP support

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Message-ID: <7e8a2788-f0ab-4d98-b26c-114e04558fb3@gmx.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 21:36:00 +0100
From: Gerhard Pircher <gerhard_pircher@....net>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, geert@...ux-m68k.org, arnd@...db.de
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/10] powerpc/chrp: Remove CHRP support

Am 14.11.24 um 14:11 schrieb Michael Ellerman:
> CHRP (Common Hardware Reference Platform) was a standard developed by
> IBM & Apple for PowerPC-based systems.
>
> The standard was used in the development of some machines but never
> gained wide spread adoption.
>
> The Linux CHRP code only supports a handful of machines, all 32-bit, eg.
> IBM B50, bplan/Genesi Pegasos/Pegasos2, Total Impact briQ, and possibly
> some from Motorola? No Apple machines should be affected.
>
> All of those mentioned above are over or nearing 20 years old, and seem
> to have no active users.
Pegasos2 users still exist, but admittedly they mainly use MorphOS and
AmigaOS4 on these machines.

br,
Gerhard