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

[C.r. Guo]

Hello all,
Please review gcc changes about issue.
https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc-8/changes.html
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2018-04/msg00102.html

thanks
chunrong





-----Original Message-----
From: richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> 
Sent: 2018年11月16日 20:46
To: Lukasz Majewski <lukma at denx.de>
Cc: C.r. Guo <chunrong.guo at nxp.com>; openembedded-core at lists.openembedded.org; Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>
Subject: Re: [OE-core] [thud][PATCH] ppce500v2: remove spe *The PowerPC SPE support is split off to a separate powerpcspe port

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