[PATCH 0/2] powerpc: Remove support for ppc405/440 Xilinx platforms

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 11:07 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 7:51 PM Segher Boessenkool
> <segher at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 08:56:23AM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> > > While we are at it, can we also remove the 601 ? This one is also full
> > > of workarounds and diverges a bit from other 6xx.
> > >
> > > I'm unable to find its end of life date, but it was on the market in
> > > 1994, so I guess it must be outdated by more than 10-15 yr old now ?
> >
> > There probably are still some people running Linux on 601 powermacs.
>
> It could be marked as "BROKEN" for a year to find out for sure ;-)
>
> Apparently there were only two or three models that are old enough to
> have a 601 and new enough to run Linux with PCI and OF: 7200/8200
> and 7500. These were sold for less than 18 months around 1996,
> though one can still find them on eBay.

A. Wilcox said on IRC regarding 601 support in Adélie Linux:

"right now we are primarily targeting G3, though 603 should be supported.
601/601e support is planned to be added for 2.0 (next year)."

      Arnd