On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:56:35 +0000 "C.r. Guo" <chunrong....@nxp.com> wrote:
> Hello all, > Please review gcc changes about issue. > https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc-8/changes.html > https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2018-04/msg00102.html > Thanks for the info. Shall I assume that NXP is regarding this port (SPE) as an obsolete one and do not plan to spent any more resources on it? > thanks > chunrong > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: richard.pur...@linuxfoundation.org > <richard.pur...@linuxfoundation.org> Sent: 2018年11月16日 20:46 > To: Lukasz Majewski <lu...@denx.de> > Cc: C.r. Guo <chunrong....@nxp.com>; > openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> > Subject: Re: [OE-core] [thud][PATCH] ppce500v2: remove spe *The > PowerPC SPE support is split off to a separate powerpcspe port > > On Fri, 2018-11-16 at 13:31 +0100, Lukasz Majewski wrote: > > Hi Richard, > > > > > What does "The PowerPC SPE support is split off to a separate > > > powerpcspe port" mean? > > > > > > That gcc support is being dropped and its going somewhere > > > separate? > > > > > > That we're dropping spe support from OE? > > > > I do hope NOT. > > > > There are still some users of those SPE SoCs. Please do not remove > > it from OE. > > I would highlight that Yocto Project and OE get very little support > for anything PowerPC related and that upstream gcc have already > removed parts of the SPE support. We will likely end up having to > follow what gcc does, we have a hack in place now but it won't last > another gcc major version upgrade. > > So if you or your customers care about SPE or PowerPC in general, we > really need to see more support at the Yocto Project advisory board > to continue to keep it as a first class citizen. > > Cheers, > > Richard > > Best regards, Lukasz Majewski -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-59 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: lu...@denx.de
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