[meta-freescale] [PATCH] remove ppc machine

[Zhenhua Luo]

Bob, 

Your understanding is correct. 


Best Regards, 

Zhenhua

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Cochran [mailto:yocto at mindchasers.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 9:35 PM
> To: Zhenhua Luo <zhenhua.luo at nxp.com>; meta-freescale at yoctoproject.org
> Cc: C.r. Guo <chunrong.guo at nxp.com>; otavio.salvador at ossystems.com.br
> Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] [PATCH] remove ppc machine
> 
> On 09/07/2017 02:35 AM, Zhenhua Luo wrote:
> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > Please see my inline comments.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Bob Cochran [mailto:yocto at mindchasers.com]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 9:30 PM
> >> To: Zhenhua Luo <zhenhua.luo at nxp.com>;
> >> meta-freescale at yoctoproject.org
> >> Cc: C.r. Guo <chunrong.guo at nxp.com>; otavio.salvador at ossystems.com.br
> >> Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] [PATCH] remove ppc machine
> >>
> >> On 09/06/2017 08:35 AM, Zhenhua Luo wrote:
> >>> Hi Bob,
> >>>
> >>> SDK 2.0 1703 GA release is the last QorIQ SDK(Yocto based) which
> >>> supports
> >> both PPC and ARM targets, Layerscape SDK(Ubuntu userland based) has
> >> replaced QSDK, only ARM machines will be supported. The first formal
> >> release is LSDK-
> >> 1706 which has been announced and available in both
> >> http://www.nxp.com and https://lsdk.github.io/.
> >>> In future, the Yocto recipes for ARM targets will continue to be
> >>> updated in
> >> meta-freescale & meta-freescale-distro layers to align with new LSDK
> >> releases, the recipes of PPC will be removed. The bug fixes of PPC
> >> targets will be merged in legacy branches of corresponding Yocto layers.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank you for the reply and information Zhenhua.
> >>
> >> So, 2.4/rocko won't have any powerpc support from NXP on
> >> meta-freescale.
> > [Zhenhua Luo] Yes
> >
> >> Again, I think this is a mistake since meta-freescale isn't only for
> >> the exclusive use of NXP developers.
> >>
> >> I suppose the Yocto project should also purge mpc8315e-rdb.conf from
> >> meta- yocto-bsp master to completely kill off PPC from Yocto going forward.
> > [Zhenhua Luo] mpc8315erdb is selected as a sample BSP of PPC by Yocto
> community, the recipes of this board are totally from poky instead of meta-
> freescale, actually QSDK doesn't support this PPC machine for years. The source
> of boards support in meta-freescale layer is from QSDK/LSDK, since LSDK doesn't
> support PPC, we removed PPC targets from meta-freescale layer.
> 
> Thank you Zhenhua for the further information.
> 
> I have been reading through the Layerscape SDK documentation and working
> with flexbuild.  Since this doesn't use the Yocto Project build system, I had
> assumed NXP was going to cease with Yocto Project activities, which I thought
> was very disappointing. However, from your comments, it seems the opposite is
> true.
> 
> Can you please confirm the following:
> 
> NXP will continue supporting Yocto Project / meta-freescale for the Layerscape
> devices supported by the LSDK; however, NXP will no longer formally release any
> new SDK based on Yocto.
> 
> If this isn't true, then please clarify.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Zhenhua
> >
> >> Should I submit the patch?
> >>
> >> RIP NXP PPC
> >>
> >> Bob
> >>
> >>
> >>