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Ard Biesheuvel cf8e865810 arch: Remove Itanium (IA-64) architecture 
The Itanium architecture is obsolete, and an informal survey [0] reveals
that any residual use of Itanium hardware in production is mostly HP-UX
or OpenVMS based. The use of Linux on Itanium appears to be limited to
enthusiasts that occasionally boot a fresh Linux kernel to see whether
things are still working as intended, and perhaps to churn out some
distro packages that are rarely used in practice.

None of the original companies behind Itanium still produce or support
any hardware or software for the architecture, and it is listed as
'Orphaned' in the MAINTAINERS file, as apparently, none of the engineers
that contributed on behalf of those companies (nor anyone else, for that
matter) have been willing to support or maintain the architecture
upstream or even be responsible for applying the odd fix. The Intel
firmware team removed all IA-64 support from the Tianocore/EDK2
reference implementation of EFI in 2018. (Itanium is the original
architecture for which EFI was developed, and the way Linux supports it
deviates significantly from other architectures.) Some distros, such as
Debian and Gentoo, still maintain [unofficial] ia64 ports, but many have
dropped support years ago.

While the argument is being made [1] that there is a 'for the common
good' angle to being able to build and run existing projects such as the
Grid Community Toolkit [2] on Itanium for interoperability testing, the
fact remains that none of those projects are known to be deployed on
Linux/ia64, and very few people actually have access to such a system in
the first place. Even if there were ways imaginable in which Linux/ia64
could be put to good use today, what matters is whether anyone is
actually doing that, and this does not appear to be the case.

There are no emulators widely available, and so boot testing Itanium is
generally infeasible for ordinary contributors. GCC still supports IA-64
but its compile farm [3] no longer has any IA-64 machines. GLIBC would
like to get rid of IA-64 [4] too because it would permit some overdue
code cleanups. In summary, the benefits to the ecosystem of having IA-64
be part of it are mostly theoretical, whereas the maintenance overhead
of keeping it supported is real.

So let's rip off the band aid, and remove the IA-64 arch code entirely.
This follows the timeline proposed by the Debian/ia64 maintainer [5],
which removes support in a controlled manner, leaving IA-64 in a known
good state in the most recent LTS release. Other projects will follow
once the kernel support is removed.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAMj1kXFCMh_578jniKpUtx_j8ByHnt=s7S+yQ+vGbKt9ud7+kQ@mail.gmail.com/
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/0075883c-7c51-00f5-2c2d-5119c1820410@web.de/
[2] https://gridcf.org/gct-docs/latest/index.html
[3] https://cfarm.tetaneutral.net/machines/list/
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/all/87bkiilpc4.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de/
[5] https://lore.kernel.org/all/ff58a3e76e5102c94bb5946d99187b358def688a.camel@physik.fu-berlin.de/

Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
2023-09-11 08:13:17 +00:00

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
menu "CPU Frequency scaling"
config CPU_FREQ
bool "CPU Frequency scaling"
help
CPU Frequency scaling allows you to change the clock speed of
CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save power, because
the lower the CPU clock speed, the less power the CPU consumes.
Note that this driver doesn't automatically change the CPU
clock speed, you need to either enable a dynamic cpufreq governor
(see below) after boot, or use a userspace tool.
For details, take a look at
<file:Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst>.
If in doubt, say N.
if CPU_FREQ
config CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET
bool
config CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET
select IRQ_WORK
bool
config CPU_FREQ_STAT
bool "CPU frequency transition statistics"
help
Export CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs.
If in doubt, say N.
choice
prompt "Default CPUFreq governor"
default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if ARM_SA1110_CPUFREQ
default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL if ARM64 || ARM
default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL if (X86_INTEL_PSTATE || X86_AMD_PSTATE) && SMP
default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE
help
This option sets which CPUFreq governor shall be loaded at
startup. If in doubt, use the default setting.
config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE
bool "performance"
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
help
Use the CPUFreq governor 'performance' as default. This sets
the frequency statically to the highest frequency supported by
the CPU.
config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE
bool "powersave"
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE
help
Use the CPUFreq governor 'powersave' as default. This sets
the frequency statically to the lowest frequency supported by
the CPU.
config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE
bool "userspace"
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
help
Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows
you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace
program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having
to enable the userspace governor manually.
config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND
bool "ondemand"
depends on !(X86_INTEL_PSTATE && SMP)
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
help
Use the CPUFreq governor 'ondemand' as default. This allows
you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply
loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver.
Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the ondemand
governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the
driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor.
config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
bool "conservative"
depends on !(X86_INTEL_PSTATE && SMP)
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
help
Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows
you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply
loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver.
Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative
governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the
driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor.
config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL
bool "schedutil"
depends on SMP
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
help
Use the 'schedutil' CPUFreq governor by default. If unsure,
have a look at the help section of that governor. The fallback
governor will be 'performance'.
endchoice
config CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
tristate "'performance' governor"
help
This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the
highest available CPU frequency.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called cpufreq_performance.
If in doubt, say Y.
config CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE
tristate "'powersave' governor"
help
This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the
lowest available CPU frequency.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called cpufreq_powersave.
If in doubt, say Y.
config CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling"
help
Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the
CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall
be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART
<http://www.lartmaker.nl/>.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called cpufreq_userspace.
If in doubt, say Y.
config CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND
tristate "'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor"
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
help
'ondemand' - This driver adds a dynamic cpufreq policy governor.
The governor does a periodic polling and
changes frequency based on the CPU utilization.
The support for this governor depends on CPU capability to
do fast frequency switching (i.e, very low latency frequency
transitions).
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called cpufreq_ondemand.
For details, take a look at
<file:Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst>.
If in doubt, say N.
config CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor"
depends on CPU_FREQ
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
help
'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand'
governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is
its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered
environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased
rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required.
If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering
the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop,
PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable
step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency
transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called cpufreq_conservative.
For details, take a look at
<file:Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst>.
If in doubt, say N.
config CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL
bool "'schedutil' cpufreq policy governor"
depends on CPU_FREQ && SMP
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET
select IRQ_WORK
help
This governor makes decisions based on the utilization data provided
by the scheduler. It sets the CPU frequency to be proportional to
the utilization/capacity ratio coming from the scheduler. If the
utilization is frequency-invariant, the new frequency is also
proportional to the maximum available frequency. If that is not the
case, it is proportional to the current frequency of the CPU. The
frequency tipping point is at utilization/capacity equal to 80% in
both cases.
If in doubt, say N.
comment "CPU frequency scaling drivers"
config CPUFREQ_DT
tristate "Generic DT based cpufreq driver"
depends on HAVE_CLK && OF
select CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV
select PM_OPP
help
This adds a generic DT based cpufreq driver for frequency management.
It supports both uniprocessor (UP) and symmetric multiprocessor (SMP)
systems.
If in doubt, say N.
config CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV
tristate "Generic DT based cpufreq platdev driver"
depends on OF
help
This adds a generic DT based cpufreq platdev driver for frequency
management. This creates a 'cpufreq-dt' platform device, on the
supported platforms.
If in doubt, say N.
if X86
source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86"
endif
if ARM || ARM64
source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm"
endif
if PPC32 || PPC64
source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.powerpc"
endif
if MIPS
config BMIPS_CPUFREQ
tristate "BMIPS CPUfreq Driver"
help
This option adds a CPUfreq driver for BMIPS processors with
support for configurable CPU frequency.
For now, BMIPS5 chips are supported (such as the Broadcom 7425).
If in doubt, say N.
config LOONGSON2_CPUFREQ
tristate "Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver"
depends on LEMOTE_MACH2F
help
This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson processors which
support software configurable cpu frequency.
Loongson2F and its successors support this feature.
If in doubt, say N.
endif
if SPARC64
config SPARC_US3_CPUFREQ
tristate "UltraSPARC-III CPU Frequency driver"
help
This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-III processors.
If in doubt, say N.
config SPARC_US2E_CPUFREQ
tristate "UltraSPARC-IIe CPU Frequency driver"
help
This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-IIe processors.
If in doubt, say N.
endif
if SUPERH
config SH_CPU_FREQ
tristate "SuperH CPU Frequency driver"
help
This adds the cpufreq driver for SuperH. Any CPU that supports
clock rate rounding through the clock framework can use this
driver. While it will make the kernel slightly larger, this is
harmless for CPUs that don't support rate rounding. The driver
will also generate a notice in the boot log before disabling
itself if the CPU in question is not capable of rate rounding.
If unsure, say N.
endif
config QORIQ_CPUFREQ
tristate "CPU frequency scaling driver for Freescale QorIQ SoCs"
depends on OF && COMMON_CLK
depends on PPC_E500MC || SOC_LS1021A || ARCH_LAYERSCAPE || COMPILE_TEST
select CLK_QORIQ
help
This adds the CPUFreq driver support for Freescale QorIQ SoCs
which are capable of changing the CPU's frequency dynamically.
endif
endmenu
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