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SubjectRe: Drop support for x86-32
On 08/24/2012 11:05 AM, wbrana wrote:
> 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.

Give it up. x86-32 support isn't going away for a long time.

The kernel exists to support existing hardware, not the other way
around. As long as people want to keep using x86-32 on linux, it will
continue to be supported.

Chris


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