linux-kernel - Re: [RFC GIT PULL] "Nuke 386-DX/SX support" changes for v3.8

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Date:	Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:24:12 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [RFC GIT PULL] "Nuke 386-DX/SX support" changes for v3.8

On 12/12/2012 11:00 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> It builds and boots, at least.  I'm currently installing Red Hat 4.1 in
> a VM so I can test to see if it does anything more than that.  It
> doesn't get in the way the same case the old 386 bits does, so I'm more
> reluctant to remove it, but it does touch a lot of paths.
>

Well... it turns out to boot and run Red Hat 4.1 just fine (using qemu 
-cpu 486 and the no387 option) once I changed /dev/hda1 to /dev/sda1.

I'm actually kind of impressed.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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