Subject: Re: Separating PowerPC 4xx and 6xx arch-specific code
To: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: port-powerpc
Date: 04/09/2001 23:04:27
At 02:46 PM 4/10/2001 +1000, Simon Burge wrote:
>Folks,
>
>We (Wasabi) are working on a port to a 4xx series PowerPC board, and in
>the interests of sharing as much code as possible between the 4xx family
>and the 6xx/7xx family I'd like to propose adding some new kernel config
>options. What I'm thinking of is:
IBM 4xx?
> + Adding to the kernel config file(s):
>
> options ARCH_4xx # PowerPC 400 family
> options ARCH_6xx # PowerPC 600/700 family
ARCH_IBM? ARCH_MOTO? :)
> + Defopt'ing these in files.powerpc as
>
> defopt opt_arch.h ARCH_4xx ARCH_6xx
Exactly what are the differences that need to differentiated?
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