[OE-core] [thud][PATCH] ppce500v2: remove spe *The PowerPC SPE support is split off to a separate powerpcspe port

[richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org]

On Fri, 2018-11-16 at 13:31 +0100, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> 
> > What does "The PowerPC SPE support is split off to a separate
> > powerpcspe port" mean? 
> > 
> > That gcc support is being dropped and its going somewhere
> > separate? 
> > 
> > That we're dropping spe support from OE?
> 
> I do hope NOT.
> 
> There are still some users of those SPE SoCs. Please do not remove it
> from OE.

I would highlight that Yocto Project and OE get very little support for
anything PowerPC related and that upstream gcc have already removed
parts of the SPE support. We will likely end up having to follow what
gcc does, we have a hack in place now but it won't last another gcc
major version upgrade.

So if you or your customers care about SPE or PowerPC in general, we
really need to see more support at the Yocto Project advisory board to
continue to keep it as a first class citizen.

Cheers,

Richard