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

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Date:	Sat, 25 Aug 2012 04:43:57 -0400
From:	Gene Heskett <gheskett@...v.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 Saturday 25 August 2012, wbrana wrote:
>On 8/24/12, Martin Nybo Andersen <tweek@...ek.dk> wrote:
>> I know he's not giving any names, however he's specific enough: Apps
>> which can't be recompiled. Ie. software for which you haven't got the
>> source code or
>> a working compiler.
>
>Software used by 99% users will have alternative software which have
>source code available or have 64-bit version.
>
>> Try telling Torvalds he couldn't create Linux, or Stallman that he
>> couldn't create GNU.
>
>Chromium 22 is much more complex than Linux 1.0
>linux-1.0.tar.bz2 - 20 contributors - size 1 MB
>chromium-22.0.1229.14.tar.bz2 - size 200 MB
>
>> Quite the opposite. You should try it some day. The only thing I miss
>> is VDPAU. But then again, I use another computer for watching movies.
>> It has a Radeon card installed (using the open radeon driver -- not
>> the flgrx). Full HD
>> and sound via HDMI running flawlessly. As does the integrated Intel GPU
>> on my
>> eeepc 900 (the CPU seems to be the fastest chip on that netbook ... ;-)
>
>Open source drivers are black listed by Chromium because of instability
>file software_rendering_list.json:
>NVIDIA cards with nouveau drivers in Linux are crash-prone

What rock did you just crawl out from under?  Stuff gets fixed, I've been 
using it since I installed Ubu10.04.4 LTS.  Current uptime is half a day 
short of 3 weeks.

>The Intel Mobile 945 Express family of chipsets is not compatible with
>WebGL Intel mesa drivers are crash-prone
>ATI/AMD cards with third-party drivers in Linux are crash-prone
>Drivers are unreliable for Optimus on Linux

Now that I can't argue with, given that what ATI/AMD has thrown over the 
fence is based on their own code, and I have yet to get their own code to 
run any ATI card I've ever had.

>http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_ivy_gpushow&num=
>10 Geforce 9800 GT with nouveau has worse performance than Ivy Bridge.
>Radeon 6770 with open source drivers has far worse performance than Ivy
>Bridge. There is no discrete Ivy Bridge graphics card.

Cheers, Gene
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