On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 08:55:41AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 at 01:31, Luck, Tony <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Yeah, if it was ia64-only, it's a non-issue these days. It's dead and > > > in pure maintenance mode from a kernel perspective (if even that). > > > > There's not much "simultaneous" in the SMT on ia64. One thread in a > > spin loop will hog the core until the h/w switches to the other thread some > > number of cycles (hundreds, thousands? I really can remember). So I > > was pretty generous with dropping cpu_relax() into any kind of spin loop. > > > > Is it time yet for: > > > > $ git rm -r arch/ia64 > > > > Hi Tony, > > 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. 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
