On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 09:14:37PM +0000, Bradley Morgan wrote: > On 26 October 2026 18:30:10 GMT, Tom Rini <[email protected]> wrote: > >On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 05:27:05PM +0000, Bradley Morgan wrote: > >> On 26 October 2026 17:23:32 GMT, Tom Rini <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 05:00:19PM +0000, Bradley Morgan wrote: > >> >> On 26 October 2026 16:58:47 GMT, Bradley Morgan > ><[email protected]> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> >On 26 October 2026 16:55:09 GMT, Tomas Alvarez Vanoli > >> >> ><[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >>>> > >> >> >>>>Hi all, > >> >> >>>> > >> >> >>>>Just a data point from a user: we are using U-Boot on a T1040 > >(QorIQ > >> >/ > >> >> >>>>mpc85xx) in a product, and we intend to keep up with mainline as > >> >much > >> >> >as > >> >> >>>>we can. We'd appreciate PowerPC support staying in tree, and > >we're > >> >> >happy > >> >> >>>>to test patches on T1040 hardware and report back. > >> >> >>>>We run u-boot in 32-bit mode (not sure if it is possible to use > >> >64-bit) > >> >> >>>>and > >> >> >>>>linux in 64-bit. > >> >> >>>>I am in the process of bringing it up to our 2025.07 branch and > >> >> >>>>potentially > >> >> >>>>mainlining as much as possible. We have some remnants of it under > >> >> >>>>`board/keymile/kmcent2`. > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>>Would T1042D4RDB affect you? > >> >> >> > >> >> >>Not directly from what I see in the code, as long as the shared > >code > >> >with > >> >> >>ARCH_T1040 is kept. Sorry for the false alarm, just wanted to > >report > >> >that > >> >> >>there are dozens of us using powerpc :) > >> >> > > >> >> >What you could do if you would like is to test the whole series to > >see > >> >if > >> >> >it unaffected you. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> >Btw tom I had a idea: you merge Vincent's bug fix and my maintainers > >> >> >patch,you make a PowerPC custodian tree, and I handle the series and > >> >the > >> >> >naks and stuff and the comments. > >> >> > >> >> and btw yes I'll make the pr with the finished patches so you can > >merge > >> >> them cleanly > >> > > >> >Trees are relatively cheap, but I'm not sure we need another one either > >> >for the subset of formerly-Freescale and not-QorIQ PowerPC parts. Since > >> >I added you to the fsl-qoriq tree, you can also just pick up the > >> >outstanding fixes and your maintainer patches (and leave dropping stuff > >> >for now, as this series shows today we're just getting people having a > >> >chance to see and reply to this stuff) and send me a PR. Thanks. > >> > >> Hi, sorry, I didn't clarify enough, so I had a chat for some people from > >> the open src firmware slack, yes? > >> > >> And here is their answer > >> > >> "Ah, Peng Fan maintains the FSL QoriQ tree: > >> https://git.u-boot-project.org/u-boot/custodians/u-boot-fsl-qoriq > >> > >> That is the vendor one though. > >> So yea, I'd go with a general PowerPC tree. > >> > >> Also because QoriQ is both Arm and PPC series. :sweat_smile:" > >> > >> And even my slopper suggests the tree, for sanity purposes :D > > > >Fine, trees are still cheap. There's u-boot-ppc now. But please keep in > >mind everything else I said, thanks. > > Thx. > > Question: will you merge the maintainers patch on this PR, so I can focus on > my add-on maintainers patch and the removals?
Lets hold off on the removals a bit more, as I was saying. -- Tom
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