Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:49:58 +0200 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: Drop support for x86-32 |
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On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 02:57:41PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:17:20AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > > Speaking as one of the x86 maintainers... we are currently deciding the > > cost/benefit tradeoff around removing i386 support. I don't mean > > general x86-32 support, I mean i386 as opposed to i486, Pentium, and so on. > > Random question. As I recall the Space Shuttle and the International > Space Station was only using 80386's because they have to be hardened > against radiation/cosmic rays, as well as all of the other mechnical > and thermal stresses associated with being in a spacecraft. Is there > any newer generation cpu's which are space-cerified at this point?
I do not know if you consider the LEON variants of SPARC 32 bit as a new generation. But they are actively developed and used in space missions. At least to my best knowledge.
Sam
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