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Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:49:58 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>, wbrana <wbrana@...il.com>, Martin Nybo Andersen <tweek@...ek.dk>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Cc: Daniel Hellstrom <daniel@...sler.com> Subject: Re: Drop support for x86-32 On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 02:57:41PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:17:20AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > > Speaking as one of the x86 maintainers... we are currently deciding the > > cost/benefit tradeoff around removing i386 support. I don't mean > > general x86-32 support, I mean i386 as opposed to i486, Pentium, and so on. > > Random question. As I recall the Space Shuttle and the International > Space Station was only using 80386's because they have to be hardened > against radiation/cosmic rays, as well as all of the other mechnical > and thermal stresses associated with being in a spacecraft. Is there > any newer generation cpu's which are space-cerified at this point? I do not know if you consider the LEON variants of SPARC 32 bit as a new generation. But they are actively developed and used in space missions. At least to my best knowledge. Sam -- 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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