Hi, On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 12:18:14PM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:51:33AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > Hi, > Hi Aurelien, > > > It seems that the powerpcspe port hasn't seen an upload since the > > beginning of the year, with the consequence that less than 30% of the > > packages are now up to date. What is the status of this port? > > I tried to keep the port a live in my spare time but gave up because they were > too many changes. > > > Are there > > still people working on it? > > I am not. Kyle left Boeing and the other people there seem not to continue his > work. > > >using it? > > I am getting mails from time to time "how can I help with the port I need new > packages" or something like that but after I tell what there is to do I don't > hear anything anymore. P2020 is still used in new designs and I don't know if > still FSL recommends it. The successor CPUs in this category (post P2020 that > is P2041, P4xxx, …) have the e500mc core (instead of e500) which supports the > "normal" FPU which can not make use of the port. > > If you need to space and nobody is stepping up to maintain the port then I > guess nobody will complain :) >
Thanks for your answer. We don't need space or CPU now, but it might be the case at some point. That's why I was asking such questions ;-). Aurelien -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120917103135.gb29...@hall.aurel32.net
