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    powerpc: Delete old PrPMC 280/2800 support · 3c8464a9
    Paul Gortmaker authored
    This processor/memory module was mostly used on ATCA blades and
    before that, on cPCI blades.  It wasn't really user friendly, with
    custom non u-boot bootloaders (powerboot/motload) and no real way
    to recover corrupted boot flash (which was a common problem).
    
    As such, it had its day back before the big ppc --> powerpc move
    to device trees, and that was largely through commercial BSPs that
    started to dry up around 2007.
    
    Systems using one were largely in a "deploy and sustain" mode,
    so interest in upgrading to new kernels in the field was nil.
    Also, requiring 50A, 48V power supplies and a 2'x2'x2' ATCA
    chassis largely rules out any hobbyist/enthusiast interest.
    
    The point of all this, is that we might as well delete the in
    kernel files relating to this platform.  No point in continuing
    to build it via walking the defconfigs or via linux-next testing.
    
    Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
    Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
    Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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