Re: Willing to test IA64 builds of Debian and kernel with other distributions if needed

2023-09-27 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Frank! On Wed, 2023-09-27 at 21:15 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote: > Again for Linux, Linus had a different opinion back in February and also > backed that with information provided by `git log [...]`: > > ``` > [...] > > IOW, I'm more worried about "ia64 makes it a pain to make _generic_ >

Re: Willing to test IA64 builds of Debian and kernel with other distributions if needed

2023-09-27 Thread Frank Scheiner
Dear Adrian, On 27.09.23 19:41, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On Wed, 2023-09-27 at 19:25 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote: While it's great that someone is willing to take care of the kernel port, we're still in the situation that the toolchain on ia64 is unmaintained and has many issues.

Re: Willing to test IA64 builds of Debian and kernel with other distributions if needed

2023-09-27 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello Dimitri! On Wed, 2023-09-27 at 17:14 +, thetas.college.work wrote: > Someone wanted to be maintainer for the IA64 port of Linux kernel. > Apologies for not using send all for last email. I saw that email but I'm afraid I'm not in the position to decide over the fate of ia64 support in

Re: Willing to test IA64 builds of Debian and kernel with other distributions if needed

2023-09-27 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On Wed, 2023-09-27 at 19:25 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote: > > While it's great that someone is willing to take care of the kernel port, > > we're still in the situation that the toolchain on ia64 is unmaintained > > and has many issues. > > @Adrian: > Say, wasn't that the case for how many years

Re: Willing to test IA64 builds of Debian and kernel with other distributions if needed

2023-09-27 Thread thetas.college.work
Hello, Someone wanted to be maintainer for the IA64 port of Linux kernel. Apologies for not using send all for last email. Thank you, With Kind Regards, Dimitri S. --- Original Message --- On Monday, September 18th, 2023 at 3:38 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi Dimitri!

Re: Willing to test IA64 builds of Debian and kernel with other distributions if needed

2023-09-27 Thread Frank Scheiner
Hi all, On 27.09.23 19:17, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On Wed, 2023-09-27 at 17:14 +, thetas.college.work wrote: Someone wanted to be maintainer for the IA64 port of Linux kernel. Apologies for not using send all for last email. I saw that email but I'm afraid I'm not in the