On 25/08/12 02:36, Alan Cox wrote: >> 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! Is that a hint? :P > Alan > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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