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Message-ID: <5037B8FD.9060604@genband.com> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:25:17 -0600 From: Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@...band.com> To: wbrana <wbrana@...il.com> CC: Martin Nybo Andersen <tweek@...ek.dk>, 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 08/24/2012 11:05 AM, wbrana wrote: > 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. Give it up. x86-32 support isn't going away for a long time. The kernel exists to support existing hardware, not the other way around. As long as people want to keep using x86-32 on linux, it will continue to be supported. Chris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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