Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] x86: Start removing X86_X32_ABI

John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-kselftest,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <53d827d6481818bf0ba1fbf0b29aa5e750243b7b.camel@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Hi Sebastian,

On Thu, 2026-08-13 at 13:04 +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> Since there is practically no real use for x32, start removing it by
> removing the symbol first, not allowing to enable it. Should nothing
> happening by the end of the year, it will removed after the last LTS
> kernel this year.

Wouldn't that mean that x32 won't be usable in the upcoming LTS kernel
then? Why not do it the same way it was done for ia64, wait for the next
LTS release, then remove it.

Anyone still wishing to use it could just install that particular LTS
kernel.

Adrian

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