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

[Khem Raj]

On 5/10/18 10:10 AM, Philip Balister wrote:
> 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?

ppc64 is not a core architecture in YP, although supportwise it is in 
better shape as compared to 32bit, elevating it to a core architecture 
will also involve some work e.g. qemu support, needed kernel support etc.

> 
> Philip
> 
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Richard
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