From klaus at linux.vnet.ibm.com  Sat Aug  8 00:09:27 2020
From: klaus at linux.vnet.ibm.com (Klaus Heinrich Kiwi)
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 11:09:27 -0300
Subject: [OpenPower-Firmware] Maintenance of Hostboot and OCC on Power8
 platforms (was: "Dropping Power8 in op-build")
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On 7/6/2020 9:17 PM, Klaus Heinrich Kiwi wrote:

> 
> We should be able to wait until about the end of the month for volunteers or
> alternative proposals, but by then I want to be able to move forward with a
> newer buildroot base. Volunteers can contact me directly, and I'll also
> poke the OpenPower Foundation through the System Software Workgroup and the
> Technical Steering Committee for help here.

Quick update: The Power8 targets were dropped from upstream op-build with this merge: https://github.com/open-power/op-build/pull/3145

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Klaus Heinrich Kiwi <klaus at linux.vnet.ibm.com>