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 lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (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 CE9D0D6D23E for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:30:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4XzCKB0q1Mz2xf7; Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:30:22 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=63.228.1.57 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=lists.ozlabs.org; s=201707; t=1732743022; cv=none; b=THK+cIprwUUVcOY6A34NxqU7xniGIyw7Qv1cuERMjNY97NsIQNvurnVdZ8pitgyDdf43osvlAUFad/31IdhZlI9IEMhguO/HWmNrJBsFzv8Uyzag443WdnGLRCRkJmh3oFp2wU3dHFSltwybnLPz04+30MiJZMoWWLj3eJLW/EojAdQ2Jsd4Y9RQ2Q7XnRKK1obHSFbgmc0mekuwHs3GWkK/JC9XoMI/D5xwspAKH+kP5A1G/2CpKzRGXqauiN1WOevigYwG9XzegacIFl9hMbv2CNuS3beJ1CNrRPOABvWrWaerajaxhEKfKVpQDflXEoCUPCAtA8K3gzFqCJNu+A== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=lists.ozlabs.org; s=201707; t=1732743022; c=relaxed/relaxed; bh=RycxGQllmYs1Ywc92x6jS1gae5cW4xksFUq6Soi02QY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:Mime-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Y6iX3eHd/PXnOO9ytcOQdsxMWPCNIJrkl9R6dthRGyKg3t3wYHCQsqW81YjHJnskqhMIWOQ88gW9819CVUU5kFQUXL0F/+zSbnXCJJxNU9sbkNEn9DL7PE8xNZP9KTAX4ADojG6qWCvFL9xEXGQtqZZ+yGvPFl/Dbn6r61/ii5TKq+r7m3DJsocnNoTqGWKWL5H0VtZ/+itge/JUfeoznJz/HBPiZC5OpBSfZ+iBIjnschKzwMmp+yapOXbYaRfQfUNsfnUQVgBP1wyneTgbjKX2s6LR7ctmhTMmySGudUNfL0rgrgbgJo7HgeryjiFYRXRN0n8tyiMEstyAXB6Hjg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.crashing.org; spf=pass (client-ip=63.228.1.57; helo=gate.crashing.org; envelope-from=segher@kernel.crashing.org; receiver=lists.ozlabs.org) smtp.mailfrom=kernel.crashing.org Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.crashing.org Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=kernel.crashing.org (client-ip=63.228.1.57; helo=gate.crashing.org; envelope-from=segher@kernel.crashing.org; receiver=lists.ozlabs.org) Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4XzCK72b4lz2xYw for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:30:19 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from gate.crashing.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id 4ARLR3GW027113; Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:27:04 -0600 Received: (from segher@localhost) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id 4ARLR2qE027111; Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:27:02 -0600 X-Authentication-Warning: gate.crashing.org: segher set sender to segher@kernel.crashing.org using -f Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:27:02 -0600 From: Segher Boessenkool To: Michael Ellerman Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jk@ozlabs.org, arnd@arndb.de, geoff@infradead.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/20] powerpc/cell: Remove support for IBM Cell Blades Message-ID: <20241127212702.GP29862@gate.crashing.org> References: <20241114125111.599093-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au> X-Mailing-List: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org List-Id: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Archive: , List-Subscribe: , , List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20241114125111.599093-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Hi! On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 11:50:50PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote: > IBM Cell Blades used the Cell processor and the "blade" server form > factor. They were sold as models QS20, QS21 & QS22 from roughly 2006 to > 2012 [1]. They were used in a few supercomputers (eg. Roadrunner) that > have since been dismantled, and were not that widely used otherwise. Sad to see this go as well as native powerpc blades just days ago. But yeah it is time (and we are all getting old, etc.) Acked-by: Segher Boessenkool > Until recently I still had a working QS22, which meant I was able to > keep the platform support working, but unfortunately that machine has > now died. You're only sad for sentimental reasons, I hope? :-) Segher