RFC: Abandoning mips p4xxx BSPs

[Joel Sherrill]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:

>Hi,
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>The p4xxx BSP family has not been buildable for a very long time nor has
>there been anybody volunteering to fix it.
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>Question: Can the mips p4xxx BSP family be abandoned in RTEMS-CVS/4.7?
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>Speak up NOW (or better help fixing this BSP), should you be interested
>in this BSP, otherwise this BSP probably will be removed from
>RTEMS-CVS/4.7, soon.
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I should mention that I am in the process of merging a hefty MIPS 
submission from
 Bruce Robinson that he summarizes as:

Addition of new BSPs
   Toshiba RBTX4925 submitted  by Bruce Robinson
   Toshiba RBTX4938 submitted  by Bruce Robinson
   PMC-Sierra Hurricane (RM5231)  submitted  by  Bruce Robinson

Significant updates to existing BSPs
   Changes to properly handle -mips3 compiler switch for MIPS targets

The p4xxx BSPs were submitted in the mid-1990s.  They haven't built in a 
long time. If there
is any salvageable code in them, we need to move it.  If we want them to 
stay, they need to be
fixed.

--joel

>Regards
>	Ralf
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