linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] README: Mention when 386 support ended + update obsolete 386 paths

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Message-ID: <20160726061229.3339cfae@lwn.net>
Date:	Tue, 26 Jul 2016 06:12:29 -0600
From:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:	"Øyvind A. Holm" <sunny@...base.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Diego Viola <diego.viola@...il.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.com>,
	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] README: Mention when 386 support ended + update
 obsolete 386 paths

On Tue, 26 Jul 2016 09:45:43 +0200
Øyvind A. Holm <sunny@...base.org> wrote:

>      - Compiling the kernel with "Processor type" set higher than 386
>        will result in a kernel that does NOT work on a 386.  The
> -      kernel will detect this on bootup, and give up.
> +      kernel will detect this on bootup, and give up. The last kernel
> +      with support for 386 was version 3.7.

So we want the documentation to reflect current kernels, not those from
years gone by.  I can't think of a reason why this paragraph should
continue to exist at all.  Can you make a new version that removes it
altogether?

Thanks,

jon