From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mout.web.de (mout.web.de [212.227.15.3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 980034B5C1; Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:30:24 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=212.227.15.3 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1732116627; cv=none; b=HIl0zhmTmecopKwSjNP4a5iwpSFKV8+onBuIyfw8uqyWLbVGmJrys9l/Ra3V4VgdezUyh9gbKme/wLBL7VooG2e+iXz3TAZADg78WZoEpYnsZEzsgUFPsGP5HEQT2faX6zOXlfnBj1cJlNJ4fh/rt/fls0O0aIpQNBwah4XlZgQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1732116627; c=relaxed/simple; bh=j4CtSxksIEIQ1zyrX4HyLd+iQzjRfcoZC/JH6Pc12A0=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:From:Subject:To:Cc:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=FHcw1PfETiA1fP+eu1E1u9brJJk1b7CcU+erl8MoQ3/1tIHcF9yHZUoFOfQbaaB+6xHq5hcqW/X3TVoD5e3lHS+leOyJEFJQpWVFY0MyKKAD30AbaWuTJEleTvSsiBNXP/pkZyHHnG/jO8a0jkUmqWj0za6WgLPS4lcDDvMFB7g= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=web.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=web.de; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=web.de header.i=frank.scheiner@web.de header.b=LCeu9V1q; arc=none smtp.client-ip=212.227.15.3 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=web.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=web.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=web.de header.i=frank.scheiner@web.de header.b="LCeu9V1q" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=web.de; s=s29768273; t=1732116601; x=1732721401; i=frank.scheiner@web.de; bh=j4CtSxksIEIQ1zyrX4HyLd+iQzjRfcoZC/JH6Pc12A0=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:From:Subject:To: Cc:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:message-id: mime-version:reply-to:subject:to; b=LCeu9V1quWWPcfyi4M4cbuPy6RfVhszMT4CoS9YV//WcRsdVE78CocFNkIXsdKqz fxEc2e9OdV4iF5/LyCYxMWpVwWtrv784tdYMEqHO0ki1brq3jZwDt0CHpbZ5cgDWX RA8uLa7g5tTNa9EimzZDP9GjyJWwQyeVhu0J2WZhWFXJ3rCpbaR4dlzcvA6sI+vcW gKghPS+XiBFMfDleAdYhxgf07AEPJFsTAaCc5xWZjiiDGwETWlcr8CecvDD1XYh9d Ib62eKOMqGs/iS2j9mAzlmH1/JokL56eOOFzoptyZx21y60UMALCbEB62vq33Rcj1 hVxVP+QYCp1zt3VBsA== X-UI-Sender-Class: 814a7b36-bfc1-4dae-8640-3722d8ec6cd6 Received: from [192.168.178.30] ([79.200.222.179]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb005 [213.165.67.108]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MhFhe-1tiBmk3ya2-00fs21; Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:30:01 +0100 Message-ID: <775f2bd5-5567-4da2-9b79-8f2e7fc9b38a@web.de> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:29:59 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird From: Frank Scheiner Subject: Re: Linux 6.12 To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: =?UTF-8?B?VG9tw6HFoSBHbG96YXI=?= , Sergei Trofimovich , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux-Arch , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, t2@t2sde.org References: Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:xOzZJ5tRyFkvfKBxbt7nBXwHvuyAkdxlFiNel3j6c45R0SIxgw2 WhByoy/IWm3Ua9ZjPC5ayNsN8lxpt5RrkGiPf+HzHG5kDpkHSWqLFVDpHmJzkS6BMf6uemP qRol1Rw4qKxWARMCe0oyStLniuRF04HSaFIFyegypRCimWJv2LnFQIfpkMYQ51LMIWG6Hq4 q6K2z+N+ZJ5P0LVe31QMQ== X-Spam-Flag: NO UI-OutboundReport: notjunk:1;M01:P0:qG0oXz7UEGQ=;LnaInnpYYmBF6D5xWf4W5rc7ol/ xYpB5Z8upXqUQN24aS875AGYwMg7Vmcp7OMqtvP6Plz4XGQqOkLIJmbqT0qxwWhIb6dnz5ZMz vCNKmMsLRUQnTn51ttIc7b7tSPEzDc5eMUF/cAEOnoi0wkqqwX+gy6ymJmBHW61gIo5+wfOZ0 08nJh7vsqW6WF12DPQoLiEqnW6RewIXkoKTL19neh38UY6HrpHFHiTcwZFLWnPW3Y9Ao+bKzV zhHVAt1OrWMqNVKrSobI+GTLKZjeQ83+1RPOJcARMw8aj5G8HkR8Dxbi1catSWlOWAR5VSD4R Ja3Gkwbkx07afgaD5biKmyUu/WoXWVNMkcLcK/fSI3VxsQfaJLDkUxL4CMsDUfTjy0SbOXe6I oEWoUF4b3F+kTFQCutLt9ZPyr8ZGLL33rjjCmd6JqT2oiv8FPdric6pHVq29/zjubmsyuxEZf ZEOpTpJ5Cl9jG8hYUFzv7ukyyzIZ77ruUS9kVoeHUNSFrgZ27YK7PAKNHZRqP5IAnwV9BaRlp 1n7XWwfRU6BXGf+JyMd6b8L8AvN/6lux8Mxmfcr4E5iRzcNuxq/I5Gzw+TxtvH2Cs2RNbuZPD ht6XofMozlkOBD1IJ+SAt/itlt3prKu/aEG+vweVphtmyigILndn0wpKxmcQlvbnaBrkDprrD kKi/w7mv/0olL+7vaebOkjxdS1CLznoRo+EKF3bI2rFHsXFbHbU9rPJOXXKbNkGb9nnEFGHR3 HA5NXpr6L19ErBsLY0euUl/W9k61UT3p4BotcaQctXFmQHNc2mTugskPPGPJL0tvmO6dryENi 7cNa/WbtGIy0f6o4Yi4pRAffvGj5P6RK6yHvPlYuZGX0tMkoJIKNJvp3lg2hG2+QF+nJ2VkWy duJdYy6+wZoQ3xyiuvmFi3xeiIt5Q3v7vfMoE1bDoo4L4xvyPM1scnsFqE/1DaSaEeKBmTKeU jYK6vffuuRMoXGE4A87SkbqBxRjxdGProlw3245erUmEIJ6GVQnoM/WbU+VGH0+cI0lrEZIIQ wUY9EjDlIPEAQY18DdksvMNjCkSKiceL6S28jDW1qMUpYEMadwC7wYqYfzAslSNd4qtrIfJET nEkq9IGEEM4d3xvokJPiaYX0gTc1Il Dear all, here comes the usual update on Linux/ia64 for v6.12: We're already past mid November, so it looks like we're doing this now since over a year actually. Maybe a good occasion to go through some of the highlights during this time frame: * Six mainline releases v6.7 - v6.12, all running on the ia64 hardware we have available for testing ([1]). Not to speak of all the RCs and test builds during merge windows tested in between. To have a forward-look on possible build problems between RCs and during merge windows an auto-builder for Linux mainline was set up, that builds mainline for ia64 each day. This also shortens the time frame for us to check for a cause when problems arise. [1]: http://epic-linux.org/#!testing-effort/tested-kernels-table.md * The hp-sim platform was reinstated for Linux up to mainline, allowing everybody to run ia64 software (kernels and userland) on non-ia64 hardware, thanks to ski maintained by Sergei Trofimovich. This is for example used for our Linux stable R(C) auto-builder to test-boot each kernel after it was built and run some userland tools for a test. By involving ski for this auto-builder it can not only demonstrate build problems, but also problems during runtime, as shown already in the corresponding issues ([2]). [2]: https://github.com/linux-ia64/linux-stable-rc/issues * Two Linux distributions keep support for ia64: T2/SDE ([3]) and EPIC Slack [(4)]. [3]: https://t2sde.org/ [4]: http://epic-slack.org/ * Also http://epic-linux.org/ was established to allow interested people to find current and relevant information about Linux/ia64 at a central place. Maybe someone can help me here with the history, but was there another architecture that has been kicked out of the kernel, that received that level of continuation afterwards? We'll see where this goes. Find the last Linux/ia64 update on [5]. [5]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/5d1b5880-9bdc-4b04-81dc-341df7b02177@web.de/ **** Thank you all for your hard work on Linux! Cheers, Frank et al