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From: "tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, mingo@kernel.org,
	tglx@linutronix.de, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	hpa@linux.intel.com
Subject: [tip:x86/nuke386] x86, 386 removal: Document Nx586 as a 386 and thus unsupported
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:42:58 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-11af32b69ef7ee64c7d8848cad71a6f3749d9e37@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121128205203.05868eab@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>

Commit-ID:  11af32b69ef7ee64c7d8848cad71a6f3749d9e37
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/11af32b69ef7ee64c7d8848cad71a6f3749d9e37
Author:     H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:28:39 -0800
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:28:39 -0800

x86, 386 removal: Document Nx586 as a 386 and thus unsupported

Per Alan Cox, Nx586 did not support WP in supervisor mode, making it a
386 by Linux kernel standards.  As such, it is too unsupported now.

Reported-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20121128205203.05868eab@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
index 423db71..c026cca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ config M486
 
 	  Note that the 386 is no longer supported, this includes
 	  AMD/Cyrix/Intel 386DX/DXL/SL/SLC/SX, Cyrix/TI 486DLC/DLC2,
-	  and UMC 486SX-S.
+	  UMC 486SX-S and the NexGen Nx586.
 
 	  The kernel will not necessarily run on earlier architectures than
 	  the one you have chosen, e.g. a Pentium optimized kernel will run on

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-12-01  0:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-28 19:50 [PATCH 0/8] RFC: Remove 386 support H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 1/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_M386 from Kconfig H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-01  0:34   ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 2/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_CMPXCHG H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-01  0:35   ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 3/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_XADD H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 20:30   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-12-01  0:36   ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 4/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_BSWAP H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-01  0:37   ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 5/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_INVLPG H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-01  0:38   ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 6/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 20:52   ` Alan Cox
2012-11-28 23:11     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-01  0:42     ` tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-12-01  0:39   ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 7/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-01  0:40   ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 8/8] x86, cleanups: Simplify sync_core() in the case of no CPUID H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 20:41   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-11-29  0:14     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-29  9:13       ` Borislav Petkov
2012-11-29 21:06         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-29 21:18           ` Borislav Petkov
2012-11-29 21:20             ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-29 21:31               ` Borislav Petkov
2012-11-29 21:24     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-29 21:34       ` Borislav Petkov
2012-11-30 17:01       ` Linus Torvalds
2012-11-30 17:28         ` Borislav Petkov
2012-11-30 18:03         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-30 18:10           ` Borislav Petkov
2012-11-30 18:40             ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-01  0:41   ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin

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