Hi Sebastian, On Thu, 2026-08-13 at 14:11 +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: > On 2026-08-13 13:07:53 [+0200], John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > Hi Sebastian, > Hi Adrian, > > > On Thu, 2026-08-13 at 13:04 +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: > > > Since there is practically no real use for x32, start removing it by > > > removing the symbol first, not allowing to enable it. Should nothing > > > happening by the end of the year, it will removed after the last LTS > > > kernel this year. > > > > Wouldn't that mean that x32 won't be usable in the upcoming LTS kernel > > then? Why not do it the same way it was done for ia64, wait for the next > > LTS release, then remove it. > > The idea is to revert the (two) commit(s).
But that imply that anyone concerned would have to respond in a timely manner which is not really something I would expect. My suggestion would be to leave the complete x32 support fully intact until the next LTS release so that anyone using that LTS release will know that x32 will be fully working. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
