From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
To: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] x86: Start removing X86_X32_ABI
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:11:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260813121111.bVf9xHsk@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53d827d6481818bf0ba1fbf0b29aa5e750243b7b.camel@physik.fu-berlin.de>
On 2026-08-13 13:07:53 [+0200], John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hi Sebastian,
Hi Adrian,
> On Thu, 2026-08-13 at 13:04 +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > Since there is practically no real use for x32, start removing it by
> > removing the symbol first, not allowing to enable it. Should nothing
> > happening by the end of the year, it will removed after the last LTS
> > kernel this year.
>
> Wouldn't that mean that x32 won't be usable in the upcoming LTS kernel
> then? Why not do it the same way it was done for ia64, wait for the next
> LTS release, then remove it.
The idea is to revert the (two) commit(s).
> Anyone still wishing to use it could just install that particular LTS
> kernel.
>
> Adrian
Sebastian
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-13 12:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-13 11:04 [PATCH v3 0/2] Start removing X86_X32_ABI Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-13 11:04 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] selftests/nolibc: remove the x32 testcase Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-13 11:04 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] x86: Start removing X86_X32_ABI Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-13 11:07 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2026-08-13 12:11 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior [this message]
2026-08-13 12:24 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2026-08-13 13:41 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-13 13:47 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
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