[yocto-ab] Future of powerpc support in Yocto Project?

[Philip Balister]

On 05/10/2018 10:57 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> Right now we support four architectures equally, one of them being
> powerpc.
> 
> Unfortunately its status as a primary architecture is coming under
> threat as the support in gcc and glibc is at risk of being
> deprecated/dropped as its not being maintained in the same way as the
> other architectures are. Khem can likely provide more information as he
> has connections into those communities.
> 
> Right now we don't have any firm plans on what to do. What I do want to
> ask is whether any of the members have interest in powerpc, or whether
> we should consider dropping that support to focus on the others?
> 
> Certainly the real hardware powerpc we have is elderly and not easily
> obtained any more. The qemu testing is less onerous but we have to as
> the question of whether we're focussing resources where we should be.
> 
> Any feedback on how people feel about powerpc support is welcome.

Do these comments apply to the PPC64 stuff?

Philip

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> Cheers,
> 
> Richard
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