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  • [PATCH v1 08/13] sparc32: Drop sun4d/sun4m smp support

    From Gregor Riepl@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 21 11:30:02 2020
    - case sun4u:
    - printk("SUN4U\n");
    - BUG();
    - break;
    - default:
    - printk("UNKNOWN!\n");
    - BUG();
    - break;
    - }

    Assuming there was a reason why there's a check for sun4u here:
    What will be the user experience when someone tries to boot a LEON
    kernel on a sun4u?

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  • From Sam Ravnborg@21:1/5 to Gregor Riepl on Mon Dec 21 13:50:01 2020
    Hi Gregor,

    On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 11:27:42AM +0100, Gregor Riepl wrote:
    - case sun4u:
    - printk("SUN4U\n");
    - BUG();
    - break;
    - default:
    - printk("UNKNOWN!\n");
    - BUG();
    - break;
    - }

    Assuming there was a reason why there's a check for sun4u here:
    This part of the check would never be triggered as the boot process is
    stopped way before.

    What will be the user experience when someone tries to boot a LEON
    kernel on a sun4u?
    The kernel will halt in the assembler code and will display the
    folllowing prompt using the prom:

    This kernel only supports LEON SPARC V8

    The string above is how is looks now in my git tree.

    Sam

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