Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] ia64: Remove support

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> - we decide that GRUB 2.xx (whichever was the most recent release at
> the time of the decision) is good enough to boot Linux on ia64 for the
> remaining life time of the architecture, and remove it from the GRUB
> tree.

That looks like the most reasonable option to me.

Note that ia64 firmware development is dead, upstream edk2 dropped ia64
support years ago.  All the efi changes in the pipeline are not relevant
for ia64.

take care,
  Gerd