From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=ravnborg.org header.i=@ravnborg.org header.b="b3u8LO3J"; dkim=permerror (0-bit key) header.d=ravnborg.org header.i=@ravnborg.org header.b="2fJCS5hg" X-Greylist: delayed 8484 seconds by postgrey-1.37 at lindbergh.monkeyblade.net; Tue, 05 Dec 2023 12:26:34 PST Received: from mailrelay1-1.pub.mailoutpod2-cph3.one.com (mailrelay1-1.pub.mailoutpod2-cph3.one.com [IPv6:2a02:2350:5:400::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 94A91C6 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2023 12:26:34 -0800 (PST) X-HalOne-ID: 941805c8-93ac-11ee-a920-2b733b0ff8f0 Received: from mailrelay6.pub.mailoutpod3-cph3.one.com (unknown [104.37.34.43]) by mailrelay1 (Halon) with ESMTPS id 941805c8-93ac-11ee-a920-2b733b0ff8f0; Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:26:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ravnborg.org; s=rsa2; h=in-reply-to:content-type:mime-version:references:message-id:subject:cc:to: from:date:from; bh=s55/7YGitXtgcb/hoj5L9C6r5NfhDmerJmMwEjk+yTw=; b=b3u8LO3J3aQUUJ0LOzqyUIWeo9f6TSfxbMrzDTenZ3NRscknmY/PKtw9FdcLZZeNrISs/WgOebVx9 271SSYUA8DYAPlC4KG6iA3Poix68gM+SwOjvL6feYgTnq86LGl7EXnCPxT9KPwmTP5P5Uk+TWYKn7D t2nr01QIEpphAlLL4Z8BvFTCdVDDghPrwiLXyyaXUolAf1UXeJACKwLB2Ow7DD7235zDJ4gcr3DA8w 5Djas9t8bvZssy3yjm+8kfKQCwB5t33UnIUODoJEXNR7Ath5isG7xdBHxImiqALzaK5315H0x3otLI OB7AKAdYi8SpJWzENbpNTjt57XS0MjA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ravnborg.org; s=ed2; h=in-reply-to:content-type:mime-version:references:message-id:subject:cc:to: from:date:from; bh=s55/7YGitXtgcb/hoj5L9C6r5NfhDmerJmMwEjk+yTw=; b=2fJCS5hg0f/TSeSYvYPLMYC/MvVtSoKO52QYSTN8Nj8zdUGuCRP2kQ462ppoE5zS+RraqQDknkV8h hsXJzsCAQ== X-HalOne-ID: 92b513c6-93ac-11ee-abf0-839aa246fbf6 Received: from ravnborg.org (2-105-2-98-cable.dk.customer.tdc.net [2.105.2.98]) by mailrelay6 (Halon) with ESMTPSA id 92b513c6-93ac-11ee-abf0-839aa246fbf6; Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:26:31 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 21:26:30 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= , Palmer Dabbelt , Paul Walmsley , "David S . Miller" , Andreas Larsson , sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, Pengutronix Kernel Team , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparc: Use $(kecho) to announce kernel images being ready Message-ID: <20231205202630.GA290248@ravnborg.org> References: <20230713075235.2164609-1-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> <20230713145536.GA5300@ravnborg.org> <20231204110512.wz6qfsah632bcuh5@pengutronix.de> <20231205180506.GA242352@ravnborg.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: sparclinux@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: <20231205180506.GA242352@ravnborg.org> On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 07:05:06PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > Hi Arnd. > > On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 02:06:02PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > I would also > > suggest raising the minimum SPARC32 level to that of > > leon3 (SPARCv8e with CAS), which is what glibc requires > > anyway for futex(). > > Agreed, it is long time since I got any indications that people > actually use these old machines. > The sparc32 machines I have, have not been powered up for several years > now, and they were only used to test new kernels on anyway. > > I sent out a small patch series to do more or less what you suggested > maybe one year ago. Back then the resistance was only from nostalgic > people (like myself) and no real users. > > If you or anyone moves forward removing the non-leon sparc32 support > then starting new would be the best approach, I do not think it makes > sense to dig up my old patch set. Never mind, I digged up the old patchset and will try to prepare something. Then we will see what reception the patch set receives this time. Sam