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SubjectRe: Powerpc continued support?
Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:15 AM, Chris Jones<chrisjones@spin.net.au> wrote:
>> I am just thinking about Powerpc support in the kernel. Are there any plans
>> to remove its support? And if so, how much space would be saved by its
>> removal or at least disablement of Powerpc specific modules?
> No plans to remove it at all. It's one of the more active architecture
> ports Linux has. Why on earth would it be removed?
Sure, fair enough. I had no idea it was still so popular. But I can
understand that if there's continued use, then there would be obvious
reasons for continued support of the arch.

>
>> Is it worth looking into this for a custom kernel?
> Sure... whatever floats your boat I guess.

Something I might look into for custom kernel I suppose.


Regards

Chris Jones


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