Linux pulls 386 support from base kernel

Post #367,754 by jay 12/12/12 12:48:16 PM Reply	Linux pulls 386 support from base kernel http://linux.slashdo...nukes-386-support Most, if not all, of the widely used distributions pulled 386 support long ago, but actually yanking it from the kernel is a significant step. I am actually rather surprised they kept 386 support for this long. It has been a long time since a 386 was really usable as anything other then a specialized hardware driver. If you really need to do that on a 386, you can just pull an old kernel and go to town. Jay
Post #367,768 by folkert 12/12/12 3:43:42 PM Reply	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. -- greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C
Post #367,778 by static 12/12/12 8:19:41 PM Reply	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. Wade. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/
Post #367,774 by Andrew Grygus 12/12/12 7:05:52 PM Reply	I could care less about the 386 chip . . . . . so long as 32-bit is supported. A VAR I prepare Debian servers for needs 32-bit because he hasn't been able to get the C compiler he has to use to work properly on 64-bit machines.
Post #367,795 by pwhysall 12/13/12 2:40:35 AM Reply	32-bit isn't going anywhere. 486 is still supported. To drop 32-bit would mean losing everything before Core 2, and that's just not going to happen, for ages and ages at least. (Also obCaringContinuuum_noitsnotironic) >flees<

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