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

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Message-ID: <CAJ7jCmkiPrr3-pf2yspNiHHzhZBCsuWZaTRCjmi_wSdBGhB6Fg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:05:53 +0200
From:	wbrana <wbrana@...il.com>
To:	Martin Nybo Andersen <tweek@...ek.dk>
Cc:	Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@...band.com>,
	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 8/24/12, Martin Nybo Andersen <tweek@...ek.dk> wrote:
> What I'd hate even more is rendering my old working hardware useless by
> removing x86-32 support from the kernel. To reason the removal by saying
> "Microsoft plans to do it" just makes me go bonkers...
Your old hardware will work fine with long term kernel.

> These legacy apps will most likely be compiled for x86-32 and not x32 (an
> argument for not removing x86-32 support on a running x86-64 kernel).
Which legacy apps do you mean?
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