[PATCH 1/6] powerpc: split out CPU specific options into a new Kconfig file

Jon Loeliger jdl at freescale.com
Thu May 3 03:51:24 EST 2007


On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 10:54, Timur Tabi wrote:
> Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> > +config CLASSIC32
> > +	bool "52xx/6xx/7xx/74xx"
> > +	select PPC_FPU
> > +	select 6xx
> > +	help
> > +	  There are four families of PowerPC chips supported.  The more common
> > +	  types (601, 603, 604, 740, 750, 7400), the Motorola embedded
> > +	  versions (821, 823, 850, 855, 860, 52xx, 82xx, 83xx), the AMCC
> > +	  embedded versions (403 and 405) and the high end 64 bit Power
> > +	  processors (POWER 3, POWER4, and IBM PPC970 also known as G5).
> 
> Is this help text still accurate?  The bool line says "52xx/6xx/7xx/74xx", but you talk 
> about many more processors in the help text.  You mention the 83xx, but not the 85xx or 
> 86xx, nor do you mention Freescale.  Not only that, but the help text implies that 8xx, 
> 52xx, 82xx, and 83xx are part of the same family, but the bool text implies that 52xx is 
> part of a different family.

Timur,

Please read through the rest of the patch sequence.
This patch was just the "first step", moving things
around without additional changes.

jdl





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