PowerPC 601 Support Being Retired in Linux 5.10 – The First 32-Bit PowerPC CPU

Re:PowerPC 601 Support Being Retired in Linux 5.10 – The Fir... by rangoon626 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @04:54PM (#24741826)

Incredible that this was being maintained.

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Re:PowerPC 601 Support Being Retired in Linux 5.10 – The Fir... by cbmuser on Saturday October 10, 2020 @06:33PM (#24742374)

We are still actively maintaining support for the Motorola 68000 CPU in the kernel which is even older.

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Re:PowerPC 601 Support Being Retired in Linux 5.10 – The Fir... by kjs3 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @07:54PM (#24742810)

Since the 68k ISA is still in production I would hope so. But, with all sincerity, thank you since I still use it.

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Re:PowerPC 601 Support Being Retired in Linux 5.10 – The Fir... by filereaper on Saturday October 10, 2020 @07:35PM (#24742712)

I'd imagine m68k to be in widespread use for industrial applications justifying its maintenance in the kernel.

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Re:PowerPC 601 Support Being Retired in Linux 5.10 – The Fir... by rbanffy on Saturday October 10, 2020 @06:33PM (#24742367)

32-bit PPC ISA is still used in some embedded devices.

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