linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.4 00/94] 5.4.290-rc2 review

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Message-ID: <3275ff58-69ae-433a-ac65-d3144e7399f4@roeck-us.net>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2025 05:30:04 -0800
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
 akpm@...ux-foundation.org, shuah@...nel.org, patches@...nelci.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.4 00/94] 5.4.290-rc2 review

On 2/1/25 00:01, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> Anyway, are you all really caring about riscv on a 5.4.y kernel?  Last I
> checked, the riscv maintainers said not to even use that kernel for that
> architecture.  Do you all have real boards that care about this kernel
> tree that you are insisting on keeping alive?  Why not move them to a
> newer LTS kernel?
> 

That makes me wonder - is there a list of architectures and/or platforms
which should no longer be tested for older kernels ?

I am sure that could help free up test bed resources, and it would make
exchanges like this unnecessary.

Thanks,
Guenter