Re: [PATCH] README: Mention when 386 support ended + update obsolete 386 paths

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Fri Aug 05 2016 - 05:22:55 EST


On Tue 2016-07-26 06:12:29, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jul 2016 09:45:43 +0200
> Øyvind A. Holm <sunny@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > - Compiling the kernel with "Processor type" set higher than 386
> > will result in a kernel that does NOT work on a 386. The
> > - kernel will detect this on bootup, and give up.
> > + kernel will detect this on bootup, and give up. The last kernel
> > + with support for 386 was version 3.7.
>
> So we want the documentation to reflect current kernels, not those from
> years gone by. I can't think of a reason why this paragraph should
> continue to exist at all. Can you make a new version that removes it
> altogether?

You may want to generalize it to "will not boot if you se processor
type too high", but I'd keep v3.7 note -- it is going to be tricky to
find out in any other way.

Best regards,
Pavel
--
(english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek
(cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html