linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] alpha: cleanups and build fixes for 6.10

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Message-ID: <7432d241b538819b603194bfb3a306faf360d4b1.camel@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 20:49:08 +0200
From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
To: paulmck@...nel.org
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Linus Torvalds
 <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Linux-Arch
 <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, Richard
 Henderson <richard.henderson@...aro.org>, Ivan Kokshaysky
 <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,  Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>, Alexander
 Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] alpha: cleanups and build fixes for 6.10

Hi Paul,

On Fri, 2024-05-10 at 15:28 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > I'm still against dropping pre-EV56 so quickly without a proper phaseout period.
> > Why not wait for the next LTS release? AFAIK pre-EV56 support is not broken, is
> > it?
> 
> Sadly, yes, it is, and it has been broken in mainline for almost two
> years.

Could you elaborate what exactly is broken? I'm just trying to understand the reasoning.

Adrian

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