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by folkert
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12/12/12 3:43:42 PM
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New My only question then
What will RedHat call its "32-bit" version of the OS, since it currently uses i386 to denote 32-bit arch for x86.

Same goes for Debian. 32-bit x86 is named i386.

Meh... I'm not sorry to see that base line go. It need to be *AT LEAST* i586 or even i686.
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Post #367,778
by static
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12/12/12 8:19:41 PM
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New Easiest to just update the name to 'i686'.
That name as a targeted archicture has been around for a long time. I do recall RH pre-build kernels defaulted to 'i686' pretty quickly. And this was the RH before the creation of RHEL and Fedora.

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     Linux pulls 386 support from base kernel - (jay) - (4) - Dec. 12, 2012, 12:48:16 PM EST
         My only question then - (folkert) - (1) - Dec. 12, 2012, 03:43:42 PM EST
             Easiest to just update the name to 'i686'. - (static) - Dec. 12, 2012, 08:19:41 PM EST
         I could care less about the 386 chip . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Dec. 12, 2012, 07:05:52 PM EST
             32-bit isn't going anywhere. - (pwhysall) - Dec. 13, 2012, 02:40:35 AM EST

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