Re: [PATCH 00/10 net-next] Convert CONFIG_IPV6 to built-in and remove stubs

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 3/16/26 11:33, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 16/03/2026 11:24, Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) wrote:
>> 
>> If I'm wrong and somehow Amiga isn't legacy in 2026, then SAY SO instead of
>> giving an unnecessarily mean, dismissive and frankly embarassing response
>> like the above.
> 
> Calling something legacy in this thread is not really appropriate
> because it is diminishing its important or requirements.
> 
> Till we support given hardware, we are supposed to consider its
> requirements. If you do not consider these requirements, then you do not
> consider that hardware as worth being supported and this means you
> should first propose patch to remove that hardware.

I don't think it's so binary. AFAIU (and recall also Linus saying that) it's
ok to make things less optimal for older/less common hardware, if that's the
cost to make the kernel better for the major ones. So that's why we're e.g.
discussing removing CONFIG_HIMEM which could limit how much physical RAM
some 32bit  architectures can use. Or we can have new features e.g. 64-bit only.

We can call that older/less common hardware "legacy" or "museum" or
whatever, I wouldn't say it's diminishing it, just stating a fact.

Of course the devil is in the details so that probably to some extent
depends on what exactly you mean as "requirements" above. AFAIU the
conclusion here was already that ipv6=m isn't consired one for Amiga to
stay, and it's enough to have ipv6=n there.

> If you do not want to care about that hardware, don't use arguments
> "legacy" in discussions, but simply drop it. We do such with "legacy"
> architectures.
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>