> Looks like Feb 7 2002, assuming this is genuine:
>
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1049122/amd-microsoft-hammer-memo-leaked
>
> Not sure about Linux first booting 64 bit.
x86-64 Linux first boot was around the same time.
Also it was running on simulators for a long time before
On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 03:46:37PM +, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > Hey! My father still has a PDP-15/30, complete with core memory, 4
> > DECtape units, and a high speed punched paper tape reader, all in
> > a really tiny footprint of 4 full-height 19 inch racks, in his house.
> > It hasn't been
> Hey! My father still has a PDP-15/30, complete with core memory, 4
> DECtape units, and a high speed punched paper tape reader, all in
> a really tiny footprint of 4 full-height 19 inch racks, in his house.
> It hasn't been turned on in over a decade, but doesn't deserve a Free
> Unixlike OS of
On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 03:41:55PM +0100, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
>
> I think a lot of us working on other free Unixlike OS platforms have
> reached a similar conclusion. It's a natural segmentation. The final
> commit should include the following helpful table
>
>
> Bits
> We really don't want to have this unmaintainable mixture of:
>
> 128-bit support
>64-bit support (legacy mode)
>32-bit support (compat mode)
>16-bit support (vm86 mode)
> 8-bit support (UART mode)
>
> ... all in the same kernel!
I think a lot of us
* Robert Richter wrote:
> [...]
>
> Though, I assume a discussion on this topic will at least take 1-2
> years, so it's good to start with it now. Also, I really would like
> to finally switch off and retire my K7 which still runs some
> regression tests (will need to check the actual used
On 01.04.15 10:56:00, Robert Richter wrote:
> (cc'ing Andi)
>
> > On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 10:15:58AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > From: Borislav Petkov
> > >
> > > Today, April 1st 2015, marks almost 15 years since the introduction of
> > > the 64-bit extensions to the x86 architecture.
(cc'ing Andi)
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 10:15:58AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > From: Borislav Petkov
> >
> > Today, April 1st 2015, marks almost 15 years since the introduction of
> > the 64-bit extensions to the x86 architecture. And frankly, 15 years was
> > a graceful period enough for
* Borislav Petkov wrote:
> peterz says I forgot to Cc Linus. My bad. Fixed.
Yeah, although this cleanup really shouldn't be controversial so I'll
merge it up for a v4.0 merge ASAP.
Thanks,
Ingo
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peterz says I forgot to Cc Linus. My bad. Fixed.
On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 10:15:58AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov
>
> Today, April 1st 2015, marks almost 15 years since the introduction of
> the 64-bit extensions to the x86 architecture. And frankly, 15 years was
> a
From: Borislav Petkov
Today, April 1st 2015, marks almost 15 years since the introduction of
the 64-bit extensions to the x86 architecture. And frankly, 15 years was
a graceful period enough for people to move to 64-bit. Therefore, today,
I'm removing 32-bit support from x86 Linux. And it was
peterz says I forgot to Cc Linus. My bad. Fixed.
On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 10:15:58AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
From: Borislav Petkov b...@suse.de
Today, April 1st 2015, marks almost 15 years since the introduction of
the 64-bit extensions to the x86 architecture. And frankly, 15 years was
From: Borislav Petkov b...@suse.de
Today, April 1st 2015, marks almost 15 years since the introduction of
the 64-bit extensions to the x86 architecture. And frankly, 15 years was
a graceful period enough for people to move to 64-bit. Therefore, today,
I'm removing 32-bit support from x86 Linux.
* Borislav Petkov b...@alien8.de wrote:
peterz says I forgot to Cc Linus. My bad. Fixed.
Yeah, although this cleanup really shouldn't be controversial so I'll
merge it up for a v4.0 merge ASAP.
Thanks,
Ingo
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(cc'ing Andi)
On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 10:15:58AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
From: Borislav Petkov b...@suse.de
Today, April 1st 2015, marks almost 15 years since the introduction of
the 64-bit extensions to the x86 architecture. And frankly, 15 years was
a graceful period enough
On 01.04.15 10:56:00, Robert Richter wrote:
(cc'ing Andi)
On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 10:15:58AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
From: Borislav Petkov b...@suse.de
Today, April 1st 2015, marks almost 15 years since the introduction of
the 64-bit extensions to the x86 architecture. And
* Robert Richter r...@kernel.org wrote:
[...]
Though, I assume a discussion on this topic will at least take 1-2
years, so it's good to start with it now. Also, I really would like
to finally switch off and retire my K7 which still runs some
regression tests (will need to check the
We really don't want to have this unmaintainable mixture of:
128-bit support
64-bit support (legacy mode)
32-bit support (compat mode)
16-bit support (vm86 mode)
8-bit support (UART mode)
... all in the same kernel!
I think a lot of us working on
On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 03:46:37PM +, Luck, Tony wrote:
Hey! My father still has a PDP-15/30, complete with core memory, 4
DECtape units, and a high speed punched paper tape reader, all in
a really tiny footprint of 4 full-height 19 inch racks, in his house.
It hasn't been turned
On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 03:41:55PM +0100, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
I think a lot of us working on other free Unixlike OS platforms have
reached a similar conclusion. It's a natural segmentation. The final
commit should include the following helpful table
BitsFree
Hey! My father still has a PDP-15/30, complete with core memory, 4
DECtape units, and a high speed punched paper tape reader, all in
a really tiny footprint of 4 full-height 19 inch racks, in his house.
It hasn't been turned on in over a decade, but doesn't deserve a Free
Unixlike OS of its
Looks like Feb 7 2002, assuming this is genuine:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1049122/amd-microsoft-hammer-memo-leaked
Not sure about Linux first booting 64 bit.
x86-64 Linux first boot was around the same time.
Also it was running on simulators for a long time before that.
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