Hello! On 11/16/21 17:37, Robbie Harwood wrote: > Per Daniel's message: > > The tests with powerpc32 using the OpenBIOS OF implementation seem > to still work. I have no 32-bit Apple hardware to test on. > > But generally, I don't think this is a reasonable requirement.
I do. > Not only are powerpc macs very old at this point (discontinued 2006 - 15 > years ago), but there also aren't really distros that supports them > (Debian dropped them in 8, Fedora around 12, Suse in it looks like 7). > Sure, Gentoo might work - but these are by no means fast machines. Debian supports 32-bit PowerPC in Debian Ports. I'm regularly creating updated images: > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/ We even support Debian on m68k :-). > To be constructive: I submit that if users/developers want to test on > these machines that they have and use, we should incorporate their > feedback where reasonable. But let's not hold back patches over > hypothetical concerns for a dead architecture. [1] I can test them later this week. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913 _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
