linux-kernel - RE: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Retire IA64/Itanium support

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Date:   Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:42:53 +0000
From:   "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:     "Torvalds, Linus" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "John Paul Adrian Glaubitz" <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
CC:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>,
        Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@...c27.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        "linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Retire IA64/Itanium support

> I'm not a fan of ia64 as an architecture, but it's a bit sad to remove
> it entirely. It's not like it's been a huge maintenance burden in
> general.

Maybe you don't see others pain?  I added Al Viro ... perhaps
he'll replay some of his thoughts from trying to make signals
and other stuff work correctly on ia64.

-Tony