Need stable 2.6 kernel for TQM823L

[Thomas Maenner]

On Thursday 03 July 2008 12:04:40 Grant Likely wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 11:59:29AM -0700, Thomas Maenner wrote:
> > > $ ls arch/powerpc/boot/dts/tqm*
> > > arch/powerpc/boot/dts/tqm5200.dts  arch/powerpc/boot/dts/tqm8555.dts
> > > arch/powerpc/boot/dts/tqm8540.dts  arch/powerpc/boot/dts/tqm8560.dts
> > > arch/powerpc/boot/dts/tqm8541.dts
> >
> > however, I found config files in the ppc tree:
> > ls arch/ppc/configs/TQM8*
> > arch/ppc/configs/TQM823L_defconfig
> > arch/ppc/configs/TQM850L_defconfig
> > arch/ppc/configs/TQM8260_defconfig
> > arch/ppc/configs/TQM860L_defconfig
> >
> > Is this stuff still working?
> > Do I still need to create a device tree?
>
> arch/ppc is depreciated and will disappear in 2.6.27.  I don't know if
> anyone is actively keeping 8xx support working in arch/ppc so you may
> experience significant breakage.
>
> g.

Not exactly what I was hoping to hear...

What are the reasons to not port these TQs to 2.6?
Lack of resources? Not enough interest?

Thanks again
Tom

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