Re: news item

Ulrich Müller <[email protected]> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:19:23 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.devel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

>>>>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2026, Andreas K Huettel wrote:

> Looks like noone is willing to step up, so here is a news item for
> removal of the 32bit stuff.

> =================
> Title: Gentoo drops 32bit S390 support
> Author: Andreas K. Hüttel <[email protected]>
> Posted: 2026-07-03
> Revision: 1
> News-Item-Format: 2.0
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/s390/23.0
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/s390/23.0/systemd
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/s390/23.0/split-usr
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/s390/23.0/time64
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/s390/23.0/time64/systemd
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/s390/23.0/time64/split-usr

> The legacy 32bit ABI support for IBM S390 mainframes is on the way out just
> about everywhere:
> * Pure 32bit hardware is by now nonexistent (64bit support exists since 2002).
> * Full 32bit kernel support is gone since 2014.
> * The 32bit ABI userspace emulation layer has been dropped in the kernel since
>   version 6.19.
> * glibc will drop 32bit ABI support in version 2.44.
> As a consequence, Gentoo will also drop support for it, effective immediately.
> There will be no stage builds anymore. The 32bit profiles will be marked
> deprecated and experimental, not receive any testing anymore,

"no longer receive any testing"?

>                                                               and be removed
> in the next profile version. Corresponding bug reports may get ignored or
> closed immediately. If you are still using this configuration, we urge you to
> find an alternative.

> This does *not* affect the 64bit code ("s390x", CHOST=s390x-ibm-linux-gnu)
> with its profiles and stages.
> =================

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