linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/21] X86_64, UV: Remove Support for UV1

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Message-ID: <20160428084844.GB16679@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:48:44 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, uv4-kernel@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/21] X86_64, UV: Remove Support for UV1


* Mike Travis <travis@....com> wrote:

> The UV1 architecture is no longer being supported in future Linux kernels, so

Is such hardware still out there? If yes then please don't break it.

You might not want to test it, and if no-one else does it will eventually and 
inevitably bit rot, but please don't intentionally cripple it ..

Thanks,

	Ingo