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SubjectRe: Drop support for x86-32
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On 8/24/12, Martin Nybo Andersen <tweek@tweek.dk> wrote:
> What I'd hate even more is rendering my old working hardware useless by
> removing x86-32 support from the kernel. To reason the removal by saying
> "Microsoft plans to do it" just makes me go bonkers...
Your old hardware will work fine with long term kernel.

> These legacy apps will most likely be compiled for x86-32 and not x32 (an
> argument for not removing x86-32 support on a running x86-64 kernel).
Which legacy apps do you mean?


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