RFC: proposed arch/powerpc directory structure

[Kumar Gala]

On Aug 11, 2005, at 2:59 PM, Tom Rini wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 11:45:10AM -0500, Becky Bruce wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>>     platforms/
>>         - platform-specific code laid out in the following
>>         directories:
>>         pSeries/
>>         iSeries/
>>         pmac/  (both 32 and 64-bit)
>>         classic32/  (platforms containing
>>         6xx/7xx/74xx/8240/8241/8245)
>>         classic64/  (Maple?)
>>
>
> I'm a bit ppc64-ignorant, but isn't 'pSeries' just a regular
> OpenFirmware-containing ppc64 box (like Maple) ?  How about just 9xx/
> for all of the ppc64's that have a 9xx in them (Maple), that aren't  
> pmac
> (which is a class of its own).
>
>
>>         83xx/ (may collapse into classic 32 at some point)
>>         86xx/ (may collapse into classic 32 at some point)
>>         pq2/ (may collapse into classic 32 at some point)
>>
>
> PQ2 is the marketing name for 82xx, lets just call it 82xx.

The problem is that PQ2 describes a subset of 82xx (it nots  
8240/8241/8245).

> I don't like the idea of sticking subdirs in classic32/ either, but  
> also
> can't think of a better name for the catchall of 7xx and 74xx boards.

I dont think we where planning on subdirs in classic32.

- kumar