Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:25:17 -0600 | From | Chris Friesen <> | Subject | Re: Drop support for x86-32 |
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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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