Re: Drop support for x86-32

[wbrana]

On 8/24/12, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
>
You probably didn't notice: remaining boxes will use long term tree
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