From 33c440cc6719e284f27f28fe1c58d8c00dc67927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andreas K. Hüttel" Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:54:43 +0200 Subject: Add frontpage post about IA64 removal MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Andreas K. Hüttel --- _posts/2024-08-14-Gentoo-drops-IA-64-support.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2024-08-14-Gentoo-drops-IA-64-support.md diff --git a/_posts/2024-08-14-Gentoo-drops-IA-64-support.md b/_posts/2024-08-14-Gentoo-drops-IA-64-support.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..21ea97a --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2024-08-14-Gentoo-drops-IA-64-support.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +title: 'Gentoo Linux drops IA-64 (Itanium) support' +--- + + + Intel Itanium logo + + +Following the removal of IA-64 (Itanium) support in the Linux +kernel and glibc, +and subsequent discussions +on our mailing list, as well as a vote +by the Gentoo Council, Gentoo will discontinue all ia64 profiles and keywords. The primary reason for this decision is the +inability of the Gentoo IA-64 team to support this architecture without kernel support, glibc support, and a functional development +box (or even a well-established emulator). In addition, there have been only very few users interested in this type of hardware. + +As also announced in a news item, in one month, +beginning of September 2024, all ia64 profiles will be removed, all ia64 keywords will be dropped from all packages, and all +IA-64 related Gentoo bugs will be closed. -- cgit v1.2.3-65-gdbad