The T208x processors are or will be compatible with debian ppc64el?

[robertoinnocent]

We know that that e6500 core have Altivec running only in Big Endian mode, but debian ppc64el (little endian) its compiled with vmx extension that is the IBM altivec extension.

Debian 9 will be release for ppc64el and not for ppc64be or powperpc ( 32bit) so it means that it not run on e6500 core.

Future e6500 core or others Power Architecture NXP processor will have altivec an vmx compatibility even in Little Endian?

[alexander_yakov]

Sorry, for this particular moment we do not have any information about further e6500 core versions, or other Power Architecture further cores backward compatible with e6500.

Here is a direct link to product roadmap from recent FTF forum:

FTF-NET-N1863 What's Next for QorIQ - Portfolio and Roadmap.pdf 

Have a great day,
Alexander

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[robertoinnocent]

As all the GNU/Linux powerpc distro now run only with little endian and Altivec/VMX acceleration could you make an update of e6500 cores to support Altivec in Little endian? Do you need only to update the micro firmware of the e6500 core?

[robertoinnocent]

Any news about?