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

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Message-Id: <201208241814.16862.tweek@tweek.dk>
Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:14:16 +0200
From:	Martin Nybo Andersen <tweek@...ek.dk>
To:	wbrana <wbrana@...il.com>
Cc:	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...rovitsch.priv.at>,
	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>,
	"linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Drop support for x86-32

On Friday 24 August 2012 17:55:08 wbrana wrote:
> On 8/24/12, Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...rovitsch.priv.at> wrote:
> > You really think that there are no 32bit x86-compatible CPUs in the
> > embedded world?
> 
> x86-32 would be supported by long term tree until all x86-32 CPU disappear

Ahh..., so the development time saved by not supporting x86-32 in mainline can 
now be used by backporting new features to the forementioned long term tree?

(And I'm still not sure why one would run 32-bit applications on a 64-bit 
architecture...)

-- 
Cheers,
Martin
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