On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 04:55:09PM +0000, Tomas Alvarez Vanoli wrote: > >> > >>Hi all, > >> > >>Just a data point from a user: we are using U-Boot on a T1040 (QorIQ / > >>mpc85xx) in a product, and we intend to keep up with mainline as much as > >>we can. We'd appreciate PowerPC support staying in tree, and we're happy > >>to test patches on T1040 hardware and report back. > >>We run u-boot in 32-bit mode (not sure if it is possible to use 64-bit) > >>and > >>linux in 64-bit. > >>I am in the process of bringing it up to our 2025.07 branch and > >>potentially > >>mainlining as much as possible. We have some remnants of it under > >>`board/keymile/kmcent2`. > > > >Would T1042D4RDB affect you? > > Not directly from what I see in the code, as long as the shared code with > ARCH_T1040 is kept. Sorry for the false alarm, just wanted to report that > there are dozens of us using powerpc :)
This is why I'm trying to go slowly with dropping the PowerPC boards that *probably* no one is caring about. Size growth has been (although I dare say I will be haunted by this statement) kept relatively under control for a good while. In all of PowerPC there is one DM migration build time warning. So to borrow a phrase, if it ain't broke, it doesn't need to be removed. The amount of active maintenance it requires is small. > >>If any of the planned removals or cleanups touch T104x/QorIQ code or > >>boards, please keep me and [email protected] on Cc. Holger shows up for 3 keymile boards, and you show up for one of those as well. A thing that would really help is adding yourselves to MAINTAINER entries for any other platforms, especially reference platforms, that you also still have interest in. -- Tom
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