From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9D3272980DA; Tue, 8 Jul 2025 07:20:36 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1751959236; cv=none; b=GsclcG8oTcf+fNYrjg9g6A9ffgijYSd4fRF7XvpG3Yo2EqC/3Kui4VvpdDIWZj9gXe5uyrpL9BEsABKHHRA8hrUo6X8VaI8y+qIBMs28uuSaG8VpnUBTwGNubm8ZdcmMWb2XjNchyiaX0/jPVqh7nRoV9qDo0uHa/MqyrFou0s8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1751959236; c=relaxed/simple; bh=mYTkCzzsoYkeW4PXtxoU1WJ4TpRUDvstxE81xoplf2E=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=DRP7JpkNm5i9ftb2GsH2dDfFP4ITRAV8DC8U2Egl563CgbWHr/yN7vPePoYZ/eyFL0cWqDUtL3XNZU6eUPM9hzsY9f7fm/ozA7yCWtfxdnOJAQOytF/1oItrRDA241F9WeON5UXrZmLjhRU1mOqoQjCdrLxsui/SZpMg+4OxlzY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=B4NjKAAa; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="B4NjKAAa" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C311FC4CEED; Tue, 8 Jul 2025 07:20:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1751959236; bh=mYTkCzzsoYkeW4PXtxoU1WJ4TpRUDvstxE81xoplf2E=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=B4NjKAAa9tfQ0w5wVPuhlB7sdpvdkDNjXFZfyKrcuONzu2mWQKVnfGRv3yVyjee+K KfYP7Y0osxnIcDxFhS3kZmuDEWPB/Y4iwUd57y37lBswPdk089A+eMFKyYcsAeWGgS F88ZatZUca/7qwzZZ6QTM8cVCtVK1Pm/Ln7nIg68= Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 09:20:32 +0200 From: Greg KH To: WangYuli Cc: chuck.lever@oracle.com, masahiroy@kernel.org, nicolas@fjasle.eu, patches@lists.linux.dev, stable@vger.kernel.org, dcavalca@meta.com, jtornosm@redhat.com, guanwentao@uniontech.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.6 129/139] scripts: clean up IA-64 code Message-ID: <2025070857-junkman-tablet-6a45@gregkh> References: <20250703143946.229154383@linuxfoundation.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@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: On Tue, Jul 08, 2025 at 11:26:44AM +0800, WangYuli wrote: > Hi all, > > This commit is a refinement and cleanup of commit cf8e865 ("arch: > Remove Itanium (IA-64) architecture"). However, linux-6.6.y and earlier > kernel versions have not actually merged commit cf8e865, meaning IA-64 > architecture has not been removed. Therefore, it seems commit 0df8e97 > ("scripts: clean up IA-64 code") should not have been merged either. > > I stumbled upon this while tracking the v6.6.69 update. It appears > commit 358de8b ("kbuild: rpm-pkg: simplify installkernel %post") > depends on commit cf8e865. We should perhaps consider reverting both > of these commits and then refactoring commit 358de8b to prevent any > issues with the IA-64 architecture in future linux-stable branches. Is ia-64 actually being used in the 6.6.y tree by anyone? Who still has that hardware that is keeping that arch alive for older kernels but not newer ones? thanks, greg k-h