linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] lib/xz: remove dead IA-64 (Itanium) support code

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Message-ID: <20251013234407.11e70f22.lasse.collin@tukaani.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 23:44:07 +0300
From: Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@...aani.org>
To: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>, Ankan Biswas
 <spyjetfayed@...il.com>
Cc: skhan@...uxfoundation.org, khalid@...nel.org,
 david.hunter.linux@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] lib/xz: remove dead IA-64 (Itanium) support code

On 2025-10-14 Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 11:01:58PM +0530, Ankan Biswas wrote:
> > Note that the upstream version of xz_dec_bcj.c still retains support
> > for the IA-64 BCJ filter.  
> 
> Not sure if it's necessary to mention this, but I guess it's fine.

Information about upstream version isn't needed in Linux commit log, so
that sentence could be omitted.

> I'm not quite sure what you changed in v2 compared to v1.

It added the second hunk to the diff of xz_private.h.

> Lasse,
> Since this change is located under lib/, I assume it will be routed
> through Andrew's tree?
> If that's the case, then perhaps we should also Cc Andrew.

Yes, putting him into the To field and others as Cc should make the
patch go forward. Sorry that I didn't notice and comment this myself
earlier.

-- 
Lasse Collin