[RFC] Dropping Alpha sparse mapping support from X

[Staffan Tjernstrom]

On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 05:08:00PM -0400, Matt Turner wrote:
>Hi,
>I'd like to drop support for non-BWX Alphas (EV4 and original EV5)
>from X. These machines can't load/store to single bytes and require
>special sparse memory mappings.
>
>The code required to select which functions (sparse, dense) is
>convoluted, adds an extra layer of indirection, probably gets close to
>zero usage, and even less testing.
>
>Does anyone use X on EV4 or EV5 (not EV56, EV56 has BWX)?
>
>Thanks,
>Matt Turner

No problems my end.