From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED21B1E887 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2024 20:37:18 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1707683839; cv=none; b=AQZDzGTytuwNavJ+gerfmKU7HvAjNF6qIHEfzWfBg5qcfAgDPjJ+pskhM4CAORqw0lllp0qTXbweLXV6N3yuPuSscW4l+H5HL8yddY9W8Y8QOgMGd03qO8vcx0QSRYUGMRE1aKFWcQ+w87B7/8UHXPXQEr1rwm0937mkbCDa4A4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1707683839; c=relaxed/simple; bh=WWtU1aU8lo35pTWy+3fcrFYRsjozE8F/b1Y9t2fizus=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=B73YRwUd9xjfu5Lo+b0mXnUuBalpt1t1KRiD8GI75s9hnm5Dbdw6ry22vAqjbdgJzJpxpcT/95LYn95B5PLuE2lGrAzc5JmYm/iwUBRSOQV0Bhnyo8PEqrYW4fYm8dxABP0fS3om5tX0WIX/mxdpKGHiCSvg/MviCofgY20hEpc= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=CciXhUNC; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="CciXhUNC" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A5452C433C7; Sun, 11 Feb 2024 20:37:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1707683838; bh=WWtU1aU8lo35pTWy+3fcrFYRsjozE8F/b1Y9t2fizus=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=CciXhUNCZUYfKgydAJBTZb7ObWtOgH2diZDGt3U4odVg7vz/xQAt1YSXTEvD1QAKr hMVxZYd+KI7asoU44V/WTqMUNrG2mCC4Exg15tPzABXPBlJHjn71QG8XYbhVjnrXni 9mZbN/MU9FSBfb5nL0C6KIQg3KOni2D2RNO4XKkuGWIWIT53L8y2vFgrkWr58JPyQ5 QzrcvsbClF4Y0EN4JXUCUKOU2Y9YCsr6DVWAlefj/RGMneh4F2QovCvg460gwexNHG h8eHoAXXyaIyJJfTyimlcnvbDIryRcDDZsDd4IHPsK/FxB9Yog6VyChsSkcNX0oh4P XmkKvTpM0cy3A== Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2024 21:37:15 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: =?utf-8?B?0L3QsNCx?= Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] pthread_create.3: re-do the architecture/default stack size mapping Message-ID: References: <4wwe76cvuczjn57bzw7wd4derfaufcgrxr5skvlu25wvwecmmh@tarta.nabijaczleweli.xyz> <47dmavi2ewo6pyxfoydqv5ztl35nuixe5z5wydqixozognii3v@tarta.nabijaczleweli.xyz> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0B41tZAPW0prdOZr" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47dmavi2ewo6pyxfoydqv5ztl35nuixe5z5wydqixozognii3v@tarta.nabijaczleweli.xyz> --0B41tZAPW0prdOZr Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2024 21:37:15 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: =?utf-8?B?0L3QsNCx?= Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] pthread_create.3: re-do the architecture/default stack size mapping Hi!, On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 09:00:04PM +0100, =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=B1 wrote: > Hi! >=20 > On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 07:56:39PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 09:43:21PM +0100, =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=B1 wrote: > > > +a per-architecture value is used for the stack size: > > > +2 MB on most architectures; 4 MB on POWER and Sparc-64. > > Why capitalize POWER and omit PC? Other than that, LGTM. > This is what the official nomenclature seems to be: > https://wiki.debian.org/ppc64el says > > News > >=20 > > The IBM POWER platform, code name ppc64el, is an official architectur= e since > > DebianJessie. > >=20 > > Required Hardware > >=20 > > Debian/ppc64el requires, at minimum, a POWER8 processor machine. Alth= ough > > Debian was initially bootstrapped on a POWER7 set of servers, this cl= ass of > > server is not supported anymore, and you are not able to run Debian/p= pc64el > > on a POWER 7 processor without hitting an illegal instruction fault. > >=20 > > There are, at this moment, a plenty of POWER8 machines being sold by > > different companies.=20 >=20 > All the branding I've ever seen in the modern world calls it POWER, > and AIUI the PowerPC branding was abandoned like 15 years ago. >=20 > The debian wiki page even says > > The ppc64el port is not aimed for old Powerpc Macintosh machines, > > and, at the moment, there is no way to install it on this class of > > machines. > but wikipedia tells me the last product from this line came out in 2006, > which is pushing two decades by now. Even then, apparently > "PowerPC is largely based on the earlier IBM POWER architecture" > so it's the same thing. >=20 > Maybe when Apple had a choke-hold on the millennial mind a calling it > "PowerPC" could've made sense, but through a modern lens PowerPC, > to the extent it exists at all, is just a derivative of POWER I think >=20 > Best, Hmmm, thanks! Could you include this (or an excerpt if you prefer) in the commit message, since we're changing the nomenclature? Have a lovely night! 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