>> Is it time yet for: >> >> $ git rm -r arch/ia64 >>
> Can I take that as an ack on [0]? The EFI subsystem has evolved > substantially over the years, and there is really no way to do any > IA64 testing beyond build testing, so from that perspective, dropping > it entirely would be welcomed. > > Thanks, > Ard. > > > > [0] > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git/commit/?h=remove-ia64 Yes. EFI isn't the only issue. A bunch of folks[1] have spent time fixing ia64 for (in most cases) some tree-wide patches that they needed. Their time might have been more productively spent fixing things that actually matter in modern times. Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.l...@intel.com> -Tony [1] git log --no-merges --since=2year -- arch/ia64 | grep Author: | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn 19 Author: Masahiro Yamada <masahi...@kernel.org> 11 Author: Sergei Trofimovich <sly...@gentoo.org> 9 Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebied...@xmission.com> 8 Author: Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de> 6 Author: Randy Dunlap <rdun...@infradead.org> 6 Author: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.w...@huawei.com> 6 Author: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khand...@arm.com> 5 Author: Masami Hiramatsu <mhira...@kernel.org> 5 Author: Al Viro <v...@zeniv.linux.org.uk> 4 Author: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org> 4 Author: Mike Rapoport <r...@kernel.org> 4 Author: David Hildenbrand <da...@redhat.com> 4 Author: Christophe Leroy <christophe.le...@csgroup.eu> 3 Author: Yury Norov <yury.no...@gmail.com> 3 Author: Michal Hocko <mho...@suse.com> 3 Author: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+rene...@glider.be> 3 Author: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhas...@gmail.com> 3 Author: Baoquan He <b...@redhat.com> 3 Author: Ard Biesheuvel <a...@kernel.org> 3 Author: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.ku...@linux.ibm.com> 2 Author: Yang Guang <yang.gua...@zte.com.cn> 2 Author: Will Deacon <w...@kernel.org> 2 Author: Viresh Kumar <viresh.ku...@linaro.org> 2 Author: Valentin Schneider <vschn...@redhat.com> 2 Author: Stafford Horne <sho...@gmail.com> 2 Author: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bige...@linutronix.de> 2 Author: Richard Guy Briggs <r...@redhat.com> 2 Author: Peter Xu <pet...@redhat.com> 2 Author: Peter Collingbourne <p...@google.com> 2 Author: Mark Rutland <mark.rutl...@arm.com> 2 Author: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulw...@gmail.com> 2 Author: Julia Lawall <julia.law...@inria.fr> 2 Author: Jens Axboe <ax...@kernel.dk> 2 Author: Jason Wang <wangbor...@cdjrlc.com> 2 Author: Jan Kara <j...@suse.cz> 2 Author: Christoph Hellwig <h...@lst.de> 2 Author: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelg...@google.com> 2 Author: Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.loba...@intel.com> 1 Author: Zi Yan <z...@nvidia.com> 1 Author: Zhang Yunkai <zhang.yun...@zte.com.cn> 1 Author: ye xingchen <ye.xingc...@zte.com.cn> 1 Author: xu xin <xu.xi...@zte.com.cn> 1 Author: Wolfram Sang <wsa+rene...@sang-engineering.com> 1 Author: Weizhao Ouyang <o451686...@gmail.com> 1 Author: Suren Baghdasaryan <sur...@google.com> 1 Author: Souptick Joarder (HPE) <jrdr.li...@gmail.com> 1 Author: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtyl...@omp.ru> 1 Author: Sergei Trofimovich <sly...@gmail.com> 1 Author: Sascha Hauer <s.ha...@pengutronix.de> 1 Author: Samuel Holland <sam...@sholland.org> 1 Author: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.a...@bytedance.com> 1 Author: Peng Liu <liupeng...@huawei.com> 1 Author: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n....@linux.vnet.ibm.com> 1 Author: Muchun Song <muchun.s...@linux.dev> 1 Author: Mikulas Patocka <mpato...@redhat.com> 1 Author: Mike Kravetz <mike.krav...@oracle.com> 1 Author: Mickaël Salaün <m...@linux.microsoft.com> 1 Author: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <wi...@infradead.org> 1 Author: Martin Oliveira <martin.olive...@eideticom.com> 1 Author: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenr...@gmail.com> 1 Author: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> 1 Author: Jason A. Donenfeld <ja...@zx2c4.com> 1 Author: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvi...@linux.intel.com> 1 Author: Haowen Bai <baihao...@meizu.com> 1 Author: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo...@kernel.org> 1 Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> 1 Author: Gaosheng Cui <cuigaoshe...@huawei.com> 1 Author: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipe...@collabora.com> 1 Author: Dawei Li <set_pte...@outlook.com> 1 Author: Chuck Lever <chuck.le...@oracle.com> 1 Author: Christian Brauner <brau...@kernel.org> 1 Author: Chris Down <ch...@chrisdown.name> 1 Author: Chen Li <che...@uniontech.com> 1 Author: Catalin Marinas <catalin.mari...@arm.com> 1 Author: Benjamin Stürz <be...@stuerz.xyz> 1 Author: Ben Dooks <ben-li...@fluff.org> 1 Author: Baolin Wang <baolin.w...@linux.alibaba.com> 1 Author: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevche...@linux.intel.com> 1 Author: André Almeida <andrealm...@igalia.com>
