Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:44:24 +0000 (GMT) | From | "Maciej W. Rozycki" <> | Subject | Re: Is 386 processor still supported? |
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Alan Cox wrote:
> > userland support with little burden for both Linux and respective user > > software maintainers. Certainly it adds some bloat to the kernel, but I > > think it is not an option that should be outright dismissed without > > consideration. > > Nobody normally builds for 386 (and you need the big FPU emulator etc too > and pay a big penalty for the lack of working WP bits) so it wouldn't be > a big penalty if you can actually find an i386 user any more ;)
You can actually escape the FPU emulator if you have a proper computer (an i386/80287 combo, anyone? ;) -- we've got it right actually :) ), but the rest and overall I agree with you. And I think i386-class cores can be still seen in some embedded applications, so there may be non-epsilon interest yet.
Maciej
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