Li Yang <leoyang...@nxp.com> writes: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 1:52 PM Paul Gortmaker > <paul.gortma...@windriver.com> wrote: >> >> [This RFC is proposed for v6.4 and hence is based off linux-next.] >> >> In a similar theme to the e300/MPC83xx evaluation platform removal[1], >> this targets removal of some 13 --> 21 year old e500/MPC85xx evaluation >> boards that were produced in limited numbers and primarily made available >> to hardware/software developers to shape their own boards and BSPs. > > These e500 platforms are similar to the e300 platforms that they are > still being shipped, the targeting market probably caused it to have a > longer life cycle. > ... > > The difference here from the e300 platforms is that MPC8540ADS, > MPC8560ADS, MPC8548CDS, MPC8568-MDS are the only reference platforms > supplied by us for these SoCs. We don't have a separation of > evaluation platforms vs product-like platforms like we did later. > That probably means even if they don't look like "hobbyist" friendly > they are more likely to be still in use.
OK. But what is the chance anyone is booting upstream kernels on them? I assume no one at NXP is testing upstream on those boards? cheers
