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Re:PowerPC 601 Support Being Retired in Linux 5.10 – The Fir... by Scuds on Saturday October 10, 2020 @05:44PM (#24742093)
The kernel people can say one thing, userland people can say another.

"It compiles, it runs! No smoke tests. libc is busted? oh well, patches welcome!"

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Re:PowerPC 601 Support Being Retired in Linux 5.10 – The Fir... by rbanffy on Saturday October 10, 2020 @06:30PM (#24742344)
I made the same comment above about the kernel. How covered by automated tests is glibc?
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