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

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Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 03:53:23 +0100 (BST)
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>
To: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, 
    Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, 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>, 
    "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] alpha: cleanups and build fixes for 6.10

On Mon, 13 May 2024, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:

> > Well, despite the discussion about timing of this, I have pulled this.
> > I still have a fond spot for alpha, even if it has the worst memory
> > ordering ever devised, but the lack of byte operations was an
> > inexcusable "we can deal with that in the compiler" senior moment in
> > the design. So good riddance.
> 
> As someone who spends a lot of personal time and energy and even money into
> Linux, I have to say the way this change was steamrolled into the kernel
> without any real discussion actually hurts.
> 
> It's days like these when I'm starting to question my efforts.

 FWIW, me too (the other factor being recurring PSU failures).  Sigh...

  Maciej