Re: [PATCH v2] lib/xz: remove dead IA-64 (Itanium) support code

From: Kuan-Wei Chiu

Date: Mon Oct 13 2025 - 16:25:33 EST


On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 11:01:58PM +0530, Ankan Biswas wrote:
> Support for the IA-64 (Itanium) architecture was removed in
> commit cf8e8658100d ("arch: Remove Itanium (IA-64) architecture").
>
> This patch drops the IA-64 specific decompression code from
> lib/xz, which was conditionally compiled with the now-obsolete
> CONFIG_XZ_DEC_IA64 option.
>
> Note that the upstream version of xz_dec_bcj.c still retains support
> for the IA-64 BCJ filter.

Not sure if it's necessary to mention this, but I guess it's fine.

>
> Signed-off-by: Ankan Biswas <spyjetfayed@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

I'm not quite sure what you changed in v2 compared to v1.
Usually, you should describe the changes below the --- line [1].

[1]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v6.17/process/submitting-patches.html#commentary

However, the change itself LGTM, so FWIW:

Reviewed-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@xxxxxxxxx>

Lasse,
Since this change is located under lib/, I assume it will be routed
through Andrew's tree?
If that's the case, then perhaps we should also Cc Andrew.

Regards,
Kuan-Wei