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

2024-12-12 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Michael, On Tue, 2024-11-26 at 14:27 +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > > Have you asked among the Amiga community whether they plan on discarding > > > your hardware? I think it's always ill-fated to ask for popularity of > > > hardware on just the LKML. Most users are not on the LKML

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

2024-11-27 Thread Segher Boessenkool
On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 02:49:49PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote: > Segher Boessenkool writes: > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 12:11:04AM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote: > >> CHRP (Common Hardware Reference Platform) was a standard developed by > >> IBM & Apple for PowerPC-based systems. > >> > >> The

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

2024-11-26 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi, On Tue, 2024-11-26 at 14:27 +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote: > > > 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. > > > > I hav

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

2024-11-25 Thread Michael Ellerman
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz writes: > Hello Michael, Hi Adrian, >> 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. > > I have a Pegasos 2

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

2024-11-25 Thread Michael Ellerman
Segher Boessenkool writes: > On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 12:11:04AM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote: >> 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 wid

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

2024-11-22 Thread Segher Boessenkool
On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 09:41:36AM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > >> Pegasos2 users still exist, but admittedly they mainly use MorphOS and > >> AmigaOS4 on these machines. > > > > The Linux CHRP support is still present in v6.12, which will be an LTS > > for the next 2 years at least, s

[RFC PATCH 01/10] powerpc/chrp: Remove CHRP support

2024-11-21 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello Michael, > 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. I have a Pegasos 2 and I planned on keeping it. Have you asked among the

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

2024-11-21 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
>> Pegasos2 users still exist, but admittedly they mainly use MorphOS and >> AmigaOS4 on these machines. > > The Linux CHRP support is still present in v6.12, which will be an LTS > for the next 2 years at least, so if there's folks who occasionally boot > Linux they will still be able to do that f

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

2024-11-17 Thread Michael Ellerman
Gerhard Pircher writes: > 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. >> >

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

2024-11-17 Thread Gerhard Pircher
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 handfu

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

2024-11-14 Thread Segher Boessenkool
On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 12:11:04AM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote: > 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 C

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

2024-11-14 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Thu, Nov 14, 2024, at 15:31, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 2:11 PM Michael Ellerman wrote: >> 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

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

2024-11-14 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 2:11 PM Michael Ellerman wrote: > 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 on

[RFC PATCH 01/10] powerpc/chrp: Remove CHRP support

2024-11-14 Thread 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/Gen