linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/36] Remove UCLINUX from LTP

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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 21:52:00 -0600
From: Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
To: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@...e.cz>, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc: Petr Vorel <pvorel@...e.cz>, ltp@...ts.linux.it,
 Li Wang <liwang@...hat.com>, Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@...e.com>,
 Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>,
 Christophe Lyon <christophe.lyon@...aro.org>,
 linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
 linux-riscv <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
 Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/36] Remove UCLINUX from LTP

On 1/3/24 06:09, Cyril Hrubis wrote:
> Hi!
>> I am not sure I agree with this series.
>> Removing support for UCLINUX from LTP is almost a guarantee for
>> not noticing when more breakage is introduced.
>> 
>> How exactly is UCLINUX broken in LTP?
> 
> As far as we know noone is using it and nobody is maintaing it for a
> decade,

Nobody is maintaining "uclinux" because that was a distro, but you can build
nommu support in buildroot and such, and people do.

Rob