From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.ozlabs.org (gandalf.ozlabs.org [150.107.74.76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ADE021362 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:30:42 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=150.107.74.76 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1731630646; cv=none; b=mrdkapiAcA0/UCF8tncXqAuHCCiCr28fSUAg/75FitjKKBdmC18ByE54bfuaWp6dNC0+ws+2T5f2ymsG0nBeoGPaeja6bu0OBZomcXG8SPLP3INXolh+KCvK8sn3t5G64LHtQpU09wG4shlzMeB/VLwKI4B1FDWa1d00iFt13lE= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1731630646; c=relaxed/simple; bh=a4zPVfXx+Crpt0YpvibCUWUMvHkAdXnWt+x1HwkP4ME=; h=Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References: Content-Type:MIME-Version; b=LrVG/q0+xl65PczCeMnUXr7oCWAG+MGPRqiqeg4uR8PyvxSnGS7foQoOzsYkJQ6tw8vX1Y0sMKyvglCA+MMvXIG6bL8cd4oQxbfzBni2JQmW2LmIPNHvSNWUjGV5N2eFXNGfjMR30PiabWKA+hQ+lWbWV66aIewC5n5jbL8++Q4= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=ozlabs.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=ozlabs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=ozlabs.org header.i=@ozlabs.org header.b=iYeSDixr; arc=none smtp.client-ip=150.107.74.76 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=ozlabs.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=ozlabs.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=ozlabs.org header.i=@ozlabs.org header.b="iYeSDixr" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ozlabs.org; s=201707; t=1731630637; bh=a4zPVfXx+Crpt0YpvibCUWUMvHkAdXnWt+x1HwkP4ME=; h=Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=iYeSDixrpiK43bsxiTaUgCxI3BJPzHZamA6dbA4BFFESDPztJoZbK7h13Jj6wHoRZ fv/LG9fZTuQHkcZg+963TZY0uknXy3U6cVvE2YCYfmTJzrlmmBoLSZW8irZVq+3KVr CIL9YHr9Y41Rlfg8uD/VGudgbamwb6Uu5ON1QzXFDMnrI77OM4nsyKlViIwtbvmP2c sySWTHdU8eWayLK5/T2wbuNVfylZm4wqVhJ5B5lnaXYjr/B3wyVictTbdKJgNre/4u ICklwF7KmZB2uB9ApA3jW+pTzuXrA9zeFCXSd9yEUFVVduy+0ivdSYcQaVwWHzl6WP PfbIlcS4GWglQ== Received: from authenticated.ozlabs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4XqHx8588zz4xPy; Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:30:36 +1100 (AEDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/20] powerpc/cell: Remove support for IBM Cell Blades From: Jeremy Kerr To: Michael Ellerman , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, geoff@infradead.org Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 08:30:37 +0800 In-Reply-To: <20241114125111.599093-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au> References: <20241114125111.599093-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.46.4-2 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Hi Michael, > IBM Cell Blades used the Cell processor and the "blade" server form > factor. They were sold as models QS20, QS21 & QS22 from roughly 2006 to > 2012 [1]. They were used in a few supercomputers (eg. Roadrunner) that > have since been dismantled, and were not that widely used otherwise. >=20 > Until recently I still had a working QS22, which meant I was able to > keep the platform support working, but unfortunately that machine has > now died. Oh no! > Remove the top-level config symbol PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE, and then > the dependent symbols PPC_CELL_NATIVE, PPC_CELL_COMMON, CBE_RAS, > PPC_IBM_CELL_RESETBUTTON, PPC_IBM_CELL_POWERBUTTON, CBE_THERM, and > AXON_MSI. Then remove the associated C files and headers, and trim > unused header content (some is shared with PS3). Nice work, thanks for pulling this apart. For the series: Acked-by: Jeremy Kerr Cheers, Jeremy