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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:03:33 -0400 From: Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com> To: wbrana <wbrana@...il.com> CC: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Drop support for x86-32 On 12-08-26 10:15 AM, wbrana wrote: > On 8/26/12, Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com> wrote: >> Here are a couple of real scenarios you don't seem to have thought about. >> A 32-bit kernel on a legacy (or even new) system in 2017 will still need >> regular kernel updates (not "long term" un0maintained kernels) >> in order to work with new USB devices, new 4KB+ sector hard drives, >> newer generations of SSDs, etc.. > 12-years-old machine is trash. There you go making assumptions again. Who said anything about a 12-year old machine? Much more likely is a 5-year old software installation that gets moved to a new box. -- 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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