On 13 Jan 2023, at 21:03, Luck, Tony <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> For what it's worth, Debian and Gentoo both have ia64 ports with active >> users (6.1 looks like it currently fails to build in Debian due to a >> minor packaging issue, but various versions of 6.0 were built and >> published, and one of those is running on the one ia64 Debian builder I >> personally have access to). > > Jess, > > So dropping ia64 from the upstream kernel won't just save time of kernel > developers. It will also save time for the folks keeping Debian and Gentoo > ports up and running. > > Are there people actually running production systems on ia64 that also > update to v6.x kernels? > > If so, why? Just scrap the machine and replace with almost anything else. > You'll cover the cost of the new machine in short order with the savings on > your power bill. Hobbyists, same as alpha, hppa, m68k, sh and any other such architectures that have no real use in this day and age. Jess
