From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dann frazier Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 05:59:44 +0000 Subject: Re: dropping CONFIG_IA32_SUPPORT from ia64 Message-Id: <20060526055942.GD11093@firetheft> List-Id: References: <200605241438.34303.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> In-Reply-To: <200605241438.34303.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org 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