[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] PPC: remove support for MPC82xx processors

[Scott Wood]

On Wed, 2014-01-15 at 12:04 +0100, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Holger,
> 
> In message <52D64089.6070207 at keymile.com> you wrote:
> > 
> > > This commit removes support for the Freescale MPC82xx Power
> > > Architecture processors, i. e. MPC8240, MPC8245, MPC8247, MPC8248,
> > > MPC8250, MPC8255, MPC8260, MPC8265, MPC8266, MPC8272, MPC8280, ...
> > > 
> > > They have been out of production for years, and no active users left
> > > here.  As some boards start causing problems, let's drop the obsolete
> > > and now dead code.
> > 
> > thats not valid for us. Our mgcoge3ne target which comes with a MPC8247 is still
> > in production and maintained. If you look at the git log of
> 
> Argh... Can you foresee how much longer this hardware is likely to be
> maintained?
> 
> > So isn't it possible to remove only the broken boards and keep the generic parts?
> 
> Yes, this would be possible, too.  But then, it appears you are the
> only remaining active user of MPC82xx.  OK, MPC8247 is actually still
> marked as "active" at Freescale, soory I missed that - the MPC824x
> types I checked were in "No Longer Manufactured" state.

I see plenty of mpc82xx listed as active on freescale.com, e.g.:
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8272&tab=Buy_Parametric_Tab&lang_cd=
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8280&tab=Buy_Parametric_Tab&lang_cd=
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8248&tab=Buy_Parametric_Tab&lang_cd=
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8245&tab=Buy_Parametric_Tab&lang_cd=

Likewise for 8xx.

It does appear that MPC8240 is "No Longer Manufactured" and MPC8241 is
"Not Recommended for New Design".

Of course, whether a particular piece of code has anyone willing to
maintain it is a separate question.

-Scott