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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 00/10] x86: 32-bit cleanups
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 22:37:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250226213714.4040853-1-arnd@kernel.org> (raw)

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

While looking at 32-bit arm cleanups, I came across some related topics
on x86 and ended up making a series for those as well.

Primarily this is about running 32-bit kernels on 64-bit hardware,
which usually works but should probably be discouraged more clearly by
only providing support for features that are used on real 32-bit hardware:

I found only a few 2003-era high-end servers (HP DL740 and DL760 G2)
that were the only possible remaining uses of HIGHMEM64G and BIGSMP after
the removal of 32-bit NUMA machines in 2014. Similarly, there is only
one generation of hardware with support for VT-x.  All these features
can be removed without hurting users.

In the CPU selection, building a 32-bit kernel optimized for AMD K8
or Intel Core2 is anachronistic, so instead only 32-bit CPU types need
to be offered as optimization targets. The "generic" target on 64-bit
turned out to be slightly broken, so I included a fix for that as well.

Changes since v2:

 - Add a patch for EISA
 - keep PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT enabled for PAE kernels
 - drop the Kconfig.platforms and CONFIG_X86_64_NATIVE patches for now
 - improve changelog texts

Changes since v1:

 - Don't include patch to drop 32-bit KVM support for now
 - Drop patch for 64-bit Silverlake support
 - Drop 64-bit ISA level selection, only fix default
 - Rework MID patch based on comments
 - Add a patch to reorganize platform selection
 - Add a patch to add -march=native compilation


Arnd Bergmann (10):
  x86/Kconfig: Geode CPU has cmpxchg8b
  x86: drop 32-bit "bigsmp" machine support
  x86: rework CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU compiler flags
  x86: drop configuration options for early 64-bit CPUs
  x86: remove HIGHMEM64G support
  x86: drop SWIOTLB for PAE
  x86: drop support for CONFIG_HIGHPTE
  x86: document X86_INTEL_MID as 64-bit-only
  x86: remove old STA2x11 support
  x86: only allow EISA for 32-bit

 Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst     |   4 -
 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  11 -
 Documentation/arch/x86/usb-legacy-support.rst |  11 +-
 arch/x86/Kconfig                              | 156 +++---------
 arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu                          |  97 ++------
 arch/x86/Makefile                             |  16 +-
 arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu                      |   5 +-
 arch/x86/configs/xen.config                   |   2 -
 arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h          |   4 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h                |   5 -
 arch/x86/include/asm/sta2x11.h                |  13 -
 arch/x86/include/asm/vermagic.h               |   4 -
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile                 |   3 -
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c                   |   3 -
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/bigsmp_32.c              | 105 --------
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/local.h                  |  13 -
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/probe_32.c               |  29 ---
 arch/x86/mm/init_32.c                         |   9 +-
 arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c                         |  27 +-
 arch/x86/pci/Makefile                         |   2 -
 arch/x86/pci/sta2x11-fixup.c                  | 233 ------------------
 drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig                      |   2 +-
 22 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 688 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/sta2x11.h
 delete mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/apic/bigsmp_32.c
 delete mode 100644 arch/x86/pci/sta2x11-fixup.c

-- 
2.39.5

To: x86@kernel.org 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>

             reply	other threads:[~2025-02-26 21:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-02-26 21:37 Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2025-02-26 21:37 ` [PATCH v3 01/10] x86/Kconfig: Geode CPU has cmpxchg8b Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-27 10:42   ` [tip: x86/cpu] x86/Kconfig: Add cmpxchg8b support back to Geode CPUs tip-bot2 for Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-26 21:37 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] x86: drop 32-bit "bigsmp" machine support Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-27 10:42   ` [tip: x86/cpu] x86/smp: Drop " tip-bot2 for Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-26 21:37 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] x86: rework CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU compiler flags Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-27 10:42   ` [tip: x86/cpu] x86/build: Rework " tip-bot2 for Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-26 21:37 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] x86: drop configuration options for early 64-bit CPUs Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-27 10:42   ` [tip: x86/cpu] x86/cpu: Drop " tip-bot2 for Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-26 21:37 ` [PATCH v3 05/10] x86: remove HIGHMEM64G support Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-27 10:42   ` [tip: x86/cpu] x86/mm: Remove CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G support tip-bot2 for Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-27 15:41   ` [PATCH v3 05/10] x86: remove HIGHMEM64G support H. Peter Anvin
2025-02-27 16:51     ` Linus Torvalds
2025-02-28  1:48       ` H. Peter Anvin
2025-02-28 10:09       ` Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-26 21:37 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] x86: drop SWIOTLB for PAE Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-27 10:42   ` [tip: x86/cpu] x86/mm: Drop CONFIG_SWIOTLB " tip-bot2 for Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-26 21:37 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] x86: drop support for CONFIG_HIGHPTE Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-27 10:42   ` [tip: x86/cpu] x86/mm: Drop " tip-bot2 for Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-26 21:37 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] x86: document X86_INTEL_MID as 64-bit-only Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-27 10:42   ` [tip: x86/cpu] x86/cpu: Document CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MID " tip-bot2 for Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-28 16:20   ` [PATCH v3 08/10] x86: document X86_INTEL_MID " Ferry Toth
2025-02-28 18:40     ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-02-26 21:37 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] x86: remove old STA2x11 support Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-27 10:42   ` [tip: x86/cpu] x86/pci: Remove " tip-bot2 for Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-26 21:37 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] x86: only allow EISA for 32-bit Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-27 10:42   ` [tip: x86/cpu] x86/platform: Only allow CONFIG_EISA " tip-bot2 for Arnd Bergmann
2025-02-27 10:34 ` [PATCH v3 00/10] x86: 32-bit cleanups Ingo Molnar
2025-02-27 14:08   ` Andy Shevchenko

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