Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Retire IA64/Itanium support

[Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 at 18:43, Pedro Miguel Justo <pmsjt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hi Ard.
>
> John is not the "only remaining user". I also reported the problem. I am sorry I don't update the kernel every month. Yes there might have been more than 30 days between updates.
>

Thanks for the report.

Apologies if that sounded a bit callous but it does help get some
clarity regarding the ia64 situation. Essentially, we have a very
small number of downstream users but no dedicated developers or
maintainers. That is still not a great situation.

> I'd prefer if we don't remove the Itanium McKinley+ support but I'll understand if it must.
>

If you are invested in keeping Itanium alive, how much effort would
you be willing to spend yourself on testing and reviewing Itanium
changes?