[patch 1/2] powerpc: Sky CPU: redundant or incorrect tests on unsigned

[support]

I doubt we'll be going to be using 7448's any more for future product lines.

Dave Bushee
Director OEM Sales and Services
SKY Computers Inc.
27 Industrial Ave.
978-250-2420 x232
www.skycomputers.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benjamin Herrenschmidt" <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
To: "support" <support at skycomputers.com>
Cc: <akpm at linux-foundation.org>; <linuxppc-dev at ozlabs.org>; 
<roel.kluin at gmail.com>; <galak at gate.crashing.org>; <gorcunov at gmail.com>; 
<waite at skycomputers.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] powerpc: Sky CPU: redundant or incorrect tests on 
unsigned


> On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 19:10 -0500, support wrote:
>> The sky cpu is a PPC7448.
>> I'm actually amazed that you guys are still working on a problem for
>> a
>> product that was finished a number of years ago, at the request of
>> someone
>> who hasn't worked here for years.
>> I sorry you, seem to have been wasting your time.
>> I think, but am NOT sure,  that our HAA function sets it off.
>> http://www.skycomputers.com/Systems/HAA_HMM.php
>>
>> Still, we have finished the product some time ago, and as far as
>> reported
>> have no problems.
>> Again, I'm sorry you have wasted any time on this, we just recently
>> found
>> these emails.
>
> Well, there seem to be some code in the Linux kernel related to that CPU
> that is either dead or incomplete. So if you guys have no interest in
> it, we might just rip it out completely.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben.
>
>
>