From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D833414EC60 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:31:28 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=63.228.1.57 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1732743091; cv=none; b=YC5VJEZEiELGOh+T9ycO5Z+qF5V1+b43E3OmQY4mJ1xb6CJL4dJBQ0f9kCJZVZZjY8ilOOI4X10UsTA8KLSagGy0bOc1wktdMsR/oIzfN1XTPbnfolsX+JfA0ENljk3WkWNw6oARL8FAeA6rc/fMpTWSJdDaDDHpo1TYQ+SbVOg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1732743091; c=relaxed/simple; bh=CHi7bphX71qYgHTlDll+Wj7NJLrP+YAEEOXZpEaR8DU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:Mime-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=NjBoOgRkm3YDG7itUYZNx32OHLTr0SDtibbLBAOiFiGXkLSodbPsnuVF0gLJRlwOp+PcMAxcW9wUqpeg68AZh48sGmxSRLnPYLMoj0IsdO8sd+tYA22uXSY+J3CoU52tRlQitQYFQXaKVavcRwxtDNkXtSubfYrhohzZz86EGJY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.crashing.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kernel.crashing.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=63.228.1.57 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.crashing.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kernel.crashing.org 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> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: 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