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Linux 5.4 Dropping Support For The Itanium IA64-Powered SGI Altix

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Michael Larabel
Sep 18, 2019

While Linux 5.4 is bringing a new driver to help SGI systems back to their Origin boxes, this kernel meanwhile dropping support for the SGI Altix that is newer than the some of the Origin systems. SGI Altix being removed from the Linux kernel is the latest in the path for winding down Itanium (IA64) support.

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Michael Larabel

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