From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: wbrana <wbrana@gmail.com>
Cc: Chen <hi3766691@gmail.com>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Drop support for x86-32
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:36:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120824173626.0194625c@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ7jCmme5VNO9aX0SVtmVGUdJj4QODRE4+oPxBE62yCRKcVK6w@mail.gmail.com>
> almost all x86-32 boxes will be trash in 2017, remaining boxes will
> use long term tree
People will still be manufacturing 32bit x86 processors in 2017 I'm quite
sure. You appear entirely out of touch. There are already serious
discussions going on about things like the kernel modifications needed to
make 32bit systems run past 2038.
Besides which what Linux supports is defined by what peope chose to
contribute code for. We support 32bit 680x0 machines that have been
obsolete for nigh on 20 years because someone chooses to support them.
For that matter if someone comes along with DEC-10 port and it works as
was clean without messing up the core I'm sure we'd add that too!
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-24 16:31 UTC|newest]
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2012-08-23 10:41 wbrana
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2012-08-24 12:40 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-08-24 12:59 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 13:51 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 15:48 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-08-24 15:55 ` wbrana
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2012-08-24 16:11 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 16:14 ` Martin Nybo Andersen
2012-08-24 16:17 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 16:20 ` Bobby Powers
2012-08-24 16:24 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 16:20 ` Martin Nybo Andersen
2012-08-24 16:26 ` wbrana
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2012-08-24 16:39 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 16:24 ` Chris Friesen
2012-08-24 16:54 ` Martin Nybo Andersen
2012-08-24 17:05 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 17:25 ` Chris Friesen
2012-08-24 17:28 ` Brian Gerst
2012-08-24 18:11 ` Gene Heskett
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2012-08-24 18:18 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 18:35 ` Martin Nybo Andersen
2012-08-24 18:59 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 19:53 ` Martin Nybo Andersen
2012-08-25 8:27 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 8:43 ` Gene Heskett
2012-08-25 9:25 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 12:20 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 14:41 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 15:51 ` Shentino
2012-08-25 16:07 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 11:35 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-08-25 11:52 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 16:46 ` Jochen Striepe
2012-08-25 17:22 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 17:24 ` Shentino
2012-08-25 17:27 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 17:34 ` Pekka Enberg
2012-08-25 17:38 ` wbrana
2012-08-26 2:18 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-08-26 2:30 ` Cruz Julian Bishop
2012-08-27 12:21 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-08-25 17:40 ` Jochen Striepe
2012-08-25 17:49 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 0:51 ` Cruz Julian Bishop
2012-08-25 7:46 ` wbrana
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2012-08-24 16:19 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 16:36 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2012-08-24 16:36 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 16:47 ` Alan Cox
2012-08-24 16:45 ` wbrana
2012-08-26 13:56 ` Mark Lord
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2012-08-29 23:03 ` Mark Lord
2012-08-29 23:42 ` Jeff Garzik
2012-08-25 0:57 ` Cruz Julian Bishop
2012-08-23 18:08 ` Al Viro
2012-08-23 18:17 ` wbrana
2012-08-23 18:22 ` Pekka Enberg
2012-08-23 18:23 ` David Daney
2012-08-23 18:30 ` wbrana
2012-08-23 18:33 ` David Daney
2012-08-23 18:40 ` wbrana
2012-08-23 19:01 ` Al Viro
2012-08-24 9:51 ` wbrana
2012-08-23 18:50 ` Martin Nybo Andersen
2012-08-23 18:54 ` Brian Gerst
2012-08-23 19:03 ` wbrana
2012-08-23 19:04 ` Brian Gerst
2012-08-23 19:08 ` wbrana
2012-08-23 19:35 ` Brian Gerst
2012-08-24 9:50 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 10:27 ` Ronnie Collinson
2012-08-24 10:30 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 10:36 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 10:38 ` Ronnie Collinson
2012-08-24 10:42 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 10:49 ` Maarten Lankhorst
2012-08-24 10:59 ` Ronnie Collinson
2012-08-24 11:57 ` Brian Gerst
2012-08-24 9:53 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 12:00 ` Brian Gerst
2012-08-24 12:04 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 12:14 ` Ondrej Zary
2012-08-24 12:27 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 18:17 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-24 18:57 ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-08-24 19:13 ` Alan Cox
2012-08-24 19:58 ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-08-24 20:06 ` Dave Jones
2012-08-24 20:25 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-24 20:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-24 19:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-24 19:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-24 20:18 ` Space-Certified CPUs and Linux Craig Milo Rogers
2012-08-24 20:49 ` Drop support for x86-32 Sam Ravnborg
2012-08-30 1:14 ` david
2012-08-24 16:24 ` Raymond Jennings
2012-08-24 18:09 Martin Nybo Andersen
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