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

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Message-ID: <CAMzpN2h8XCmEh2Xsw07_aYsW5yv87BmXNk-e6sb6gUg3eptoJw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:04:34 -0400
From:	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
To:	wbrana <wbrana@...il.com>
Cc:	Martin Nybo Andersen <tweek@...ek.dk>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Drop support for x86-32

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 3:03 PM, wbrana <wbrana@...il.com> wrote:
> On 8/23/12, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com> wrote:
>> The x86-32 arch is mature and well maintained, and shares so much in
>> common with x86-64, that there is little to be gained by dropping
>> kernel support.
> I would gain better chance, that NVIDIA will support X32.

Nobody here cares about closed source drivers.

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Brian Gerst
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