Re: Drop support for x86-32

[Mark Lord]

On 12-08-26 10:15 AM, wbrana wrote:
> On 8/26/12, Mark Lord <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Here are a couple of real scenarios you don't seem to have thought about.
>> A 32-bit kernel on a legacy (or even new) system in 2017 will still need
>> regular kernel updates (not "long term" un0maintained kernels)
>> in order to work with new USB devices, new 4KB+ sector hard drives,
>> newer generations of SSDs, etc..
> 12-years-old machine is trash.

There you go making assumptions again.
Who said anything about a 12-year old machine?

Much more likely is a 5-year old software installation
that gets moved to a new box.


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