linux-kernel - Re: Drop support for x86-32

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Message-ID: <CAJ7jCmnwXNXmoxT6sdOc-8znsUnnW+Rq8ioJ_8B8KnT0K2uc=A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:07:07 +0200
From:	wbrana <wbrana@...il.com>
To:	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>
Cc:	Martin Nybo Andersen <tweek@...ek.dk>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Drop support for x86-32

On 8/23/12, Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org> wrote:
> Please stop trolling (and top-posting). Linux is NOT Windows where people
> must
> throw out their hardware because it stopped working in new version. There
> are
> millions of 32-bit x86 machines all around the world. If new Windows will
> not
> run on them, Linux will.
Windows 9 will be probably released in 2015. Linux always has tree
with long term support, which means support for x86-32 would be
dropped in 2017. In 2017 all 32-bit machines will be trash.
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