[PATCH 0/2] powerpc: Remove support for ppc405/440 Xilinx platforms

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 7:51 PM Segher Boessenkool
<segher at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 08:56:23AM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> > While we are at it, can we also remove the 601 ? This one is also full
> > of workarounds and diverges a bit from other 6xx.
> >
> > I'm unable to find its end of life date, but it was on the market in
> > 1994, so I guess it must be outdated by more than 10-15 yr old now ?
>
> There probably are still some people running Linux on 601 powermacs.

It could be marked as "BROKEN" for a year to find out for sure ;-)

Apparently there were only two or three models that are old enough to
have a 601 and new enough to run Linux with PCI and OF: 7200/8200
and 7500. These were sold for less than 18 months around 1996,
though one can still find them on eBay.

           Arnd