diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
index 43c1a21a82..27cd989a2b 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2007-12-10	Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>
+
+	* shared/vectors/README.deprecated, shared/irq/README.deprecated:
+	added READMEs stating that certain files should not be
+	copy/paste/modified when creating new BSPs. New BSPs
+	are encouraged to use the new library under
+	libcpu/powerpc/new-exceptions/bspsupport.
+
 2007-12-10	Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>
 	
 	* shared/vectors/vectors_entry.S, motorola_powerpc/bsp_specs,
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/irq/README.deprecated b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/irq/README.deprecated
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a898f150d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/irq/README.deprecated
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+The files:
+
+	irq.c, irq_asm.S
+
+in this directory are DEPRECATED.
+
+DO NOT COPY/MODIFY FOR NEW BSPs
+
+as this has created major maintenance headache.
+Consider using the library in
+
+libcpu/powercp/new-exceptions/bspsupport/
+
+which implements the same functionality in a
+(hopefully) generic way.
+
+T.S., 12/2007
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/vectors/README.deprecated b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/vectors/README.deprecated
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bd83a52fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/vectors/README.deprecated
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+The files in this directory (vectors.S, vectors.h, vectors_init.c)
+are DEPRECATED.
+
+DO NOT COPY/MODIFY FOR NEW BSPs
+
+as this has created major maintenance headache.
+Consider using the library in
+
+libcpu/powercp/new-exceptions/bspsupport/
+
+which implements the same functionality in a
+(hopefully) generic way.
+
+T.S., 12/2007