From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8695EC5DF81 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:24:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=hcD1cr7UQPZGV1CZ99tI4YDeunETgJ5XLCW/qpgT2hU=; b=EtiYmbGyWLltRZyX5pnLDLTShE dG6zdaEu4TYAGLMUC5jeANsCgPqs3aSJgd8joEpeZJoRsdts4ckO5Z5dMLAWYKGk9gFSwLNirVR1U AOmmhIHtUK/r9F7Vl6wxGHDWfQai5MKmGQFXbZGvQY8c9op82vneVNksnND6igf/Oswe3HgCx+nao ODvwEm0vSUcQYt4SxDedn2onkYldmlnMlop9nYFVgFG7JvvzBA2QbzjsUKE/+maJ9oQI/n0uBvLh+ ZoD6+9nrzxb1efbvCJrdmaNDhAFp8mRNSc1IS3ZHTxEjQAZnJs+rnOlaWtxG+f0ZV0MpOXNi/wcJ+ VWasngpw==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wwNXt-00000008PyD-0680; Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:24:17 +0000 Received: from tor.source.kernel.org ([2600:3c04:e001:324:0:1991:8:25]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wwNXr-00000008Pxy-12xN for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:24:15 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) by tor.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 473AA60204; Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:24:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0F8271F000E9; Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:24:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1787073853; bh=hcD1cr7UQPZGV1CZ99tI4YDeunETgJ5XLCW/qpgT2hU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=WrBDJ4QaPEkHzOUnhzKcHCdU0E7M/FTAFv1fBf7i/5PE4O/bpmfO91oqK08d4QBVF l5QD/frgNSCU8waHJg2okI5lx0+pU469tbOqN9FKsEqsvctzdSlPsqJhtrRbIn4WtV lJWqCzeDiPq8/ySLPlNEHFs8L9YbrFLwKyhY/ltVaOaiS9bzPaRwfj7WToEeZIS0Kv HpGH7WoeT5/mwLc62t06E9N6tG0legSl2bQ8kMbUx/f85wyNvJp90/Wkha2/oVqxJm s0Y4WyTCutQmlYtdj4gXRmBkXIiy+JqXohMHdAd7xj4udzjm41h2kIsRgPsXIDJaL+ EmZGlXj+aophA== Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:24:11 -0700 From: Eric Biggers To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Will Deacon , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel , Daniel Borkmann , Catalin Marinas , Alexei Starovoitov , Oliver Upton , Herbert Xu , Marc Zyngier , Linus Walleij Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] arm64: Remove unused big-endian support Message-ID: <20260818172411.GB2249@quark> References: <20260811140132.22778-1-will@kernel.org> <6632712f-7782-4580-84c0-62124a016f46@app.fastmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6632712f-7782-4580-84c0-62124a016f46@app.fastmail.com> X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 05:11:47PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > I had not expected the removal to come this soon, but I'm not > complaining about that. I assume you are planning this for 7.4, > leaving 7.3-LTS to still have the code in case someone wants to > still use it, right? It's already been BROKEN (and thus is dead code) since v6.18. Some of that dead code has already been removed. Other code never actually worked correctly on big endian in the first place and no one ever cared. Acked-by: Eric Biggers - Eric