From: dann frazier <dannf@dannf.org>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dropping CONFIG_IA32_SUPPORT from ia64
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 05:59:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060526055942.GD11093@firetheft> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200605241438.34303.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 02:23:18PM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote:
> But how many of the in-the-field systems are still being updated
> with the latest kernels? I know there are a few die-hards determined
> to use their BigSur boxes until they eventually fail. But this
> does tell me that I should be looking at a much longer timescale
> to drop this. A new Madison box bought today should be usable
> for some years to come.
Just for clarity, what platforms would be affected by this? I thought
the non-free software was needed for Montecito+, and that Madison
worked fine w/o it.
My vote is not to drop the "free" kernel support, though I'm also not
offering to take over maintenance so it probably doesn't count for
much.
--
dann frazier
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-26 5:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-23 17:43 [0/5] sys_move_pages() updates Christoph Lameter
2006-05-23 17:43 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-05-23 17:43 ` [1/5] follow_page: do not put_page if FOLL_GET not specified Christoph Lameter
2006-05-23 17:43 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-05-23 18:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2006-05-23 18:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2006-05-23 17:43 ` [2/5] extract common code to have_task_perm() Christoph Lameter
2006-05-23 17:43 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-05-23 17:43 ` [3/5] move_pages: lots of fixups Christoph Lameter
2006-05-23 17:43 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-05-23 17:44 ` [4/5] move_pages: x86_64 support Christoph Lameter
2006-05-23 17:44 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-05-23 17:44 ` [5/5] move_pages: 32bit support (i386,x86_64 and ia64) Christoph Lameter
2006-05-23 17:44 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-05-24 18:45 ` Luck, Tony
2006-05-24 18:45 ` Luck, Tony
2006-05-24 18:58 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-24 18:58 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-24 19:01 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-05-24 19:01 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-05-24 20:38 ` dropping CONFIG_IA32_SUPPORT from ia64 Bjorn Helgaas
2006-05-24 20:38 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-05-24 21:23 ` Luck, Tony
2006-05-24 21:37 ` Jeff Hanson
2006-05-24 21:45 ` Peter Chubb
2006-05-24 22:30 ` Rich Altmaier
2006-05-25 0:05 ` Matthew Wilcox
2006-05-25 0:56 ` Luck, Tony
2006-05-25 1:07 ` Kyle McMartin
2006-05-25 1:32 ` Matt Taggart
2006-05-25 1:32 ` Matt Taggart
2006-05-25 3:30 ` Andi Kleen
2006-05-25 3:30 ` Andi Kleen
2006-05-25 15:09 ` Luck, Tony
2006-05-25 15:16 ` Luck, Tony
2006-05-25 15:27 ` David Mosberger-Tang
2006-05-25 15:40 ` Luck, Tony
2006-05-25 15:41 ` Kyle McMartin
2006-05-25 17:22 ` Luck, Tony
2006-05-26 5:59 ` dann frazier [this message]
2006-05-26 7:11 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-05-26 8:59 ` Andreas Schwab
2006-05-26 13:42 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-05-26 18:25 ` Luck, Tony
2006-05-24 19:18 ` [5/5] move_pages: 32bit support (i386,x86_64 and ia64) Luck, Tony
2006-05-24 19:18 ` Luck, Tony
2006-05-24 20:32 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-24 20:32 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-24 20:33 ` Jens Axboe
2006-05-24 20:33 ` Jens Axboe
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