> 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
>
>
> BitsFre
> 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
* 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 k
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. A
(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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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 grac
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 abo
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