On Sat, 27 Oct 2018, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Arnd,
>
> https://lwn.net/Articles/769468/ wrote:
> > For example, the m68k architecture uses a number of internal APIs
> > that no other architecture needs at this point; removing that
> > architecture would enable removing the APIs as well
>
> and
>
> > Ted Ts'o suggested that an ultimatum could be made: either the m68k
> > architecture stops using the old, deprecated timer API (for example)
> > within one year or it is removed from the kernel.
>
> Which APIs are these exactly?
>
Tree-wide replacement of deprecated API's is one thing.
Gunning for one particular architecture is a different matter.
Of course, if that architecture is known to be fatally flawed (hi spectre)
that's quite okay.
--
> > This kind of approach has worked well in the Debian community
>
> Right, Debian stopped supporting m68k a long time ago ;-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert
>
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