Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:42:56 -0400 | Subject | Re: Drop support for x86-32 | From | Jeff Garzik <> |
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Mark Lord <kernel@teksavvy.com> wrote: > On 12-08-26 10:15 AM, wbrana wrote: >> On 8/26/12, Mark Lord <kernel@teksavvy.com> wrote: >>> Here are a couple of real scenarios you don't seem to have thought about. >>> A 32-bit kernel on a legacy (or even new) system in 2017 will still need >>> regular kernel updates (not "long term" un0maintained kernels) >>> in order to work with new USB devices, new 4KB+ sector hard drives, >>> newer generations of SSDs, etc.. >> 12-years-old machine is trash. > > There you go making assumptions again. > Who said anything about a 12-year old machine? > > Much more likely is a 5-year old software installation > that gets moved to a new box.
Or a brand new software installation into a 32-bit virtual machine.
Jeff
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