Re: Deprecate the ppc405 boards in QEMU? (was: [PATCH v3 4/7] MAINTAINERS: Orphan obscure ppc platforms)

[Cédric Le Goater]

> > > I am raising this because the nanoMIPS support is in deprecated state
> > > since more than 2 releases, but it is still in-tree and I try to keep
> > > it functional. However, since no toolchain reached mainstream GCC/LLVM
> > > it is not easy to maintain. By keeping it in that state we give some
> > > time to other communities to have their toolchain upstreamed / merged.
> >
> > If you're trying to keep it functional and aren't going to remove
> > it, then it shouldn't be marked deprecated.
>
> OK, I'll move it back to Odd-fixes.

The ppc405 boards are still in pretty bad shape. We need a patched u-boot,
a patched QEMU and a patched Linux and still, we do not reach user space
without some sort of crash.

C.