From: Ivan Ivanov <qmastery16@gmail.com>
To: luto@kernel.org
Cc: joseph@codesourcery.com, arnd@arndb.de, tg@mirbsd.de,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
x86@kernel.org,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, peterz@infradead.org,
bp@alien8.de, fweimer@redhat.com, vapier@gentoo.org,
hjl.tools@gmail.com, dalias@libc.org, x32@buildd.debian.org,
will.deacon@arm.com, catalin.marinas@arm.com
Subject: Re: Can we drop upstream Linux x32 support?
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:18:18 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAaskFD3R1ha0TvrxZydW3NWAbg01rMAMmd400if4=nHVRhYkw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALCETrUzyEENFc8rgDnbx9U-tALR4sjKsORjAwTY5ko1zzAVsQ@mail.gmail.com>
My main reason on staying at Pentium 4 is that it does not contain
Intel ME backdoor (it came starting with Core 2 Duo)
ср, 12 дек. 2018 г. в 22:12, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>:
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 10:50 AM Ivan Ivanov <qmastery16@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Please don't drop x86 support from the Linux kernel ! You may not
> > realize it, but there are plenty of people who care about x86 systems.
> > I have a good old Pentium 4 based computer which is 32-bit, using it
> > for some weird Linux experiments + retro gaming, and if I can't run
> > new Linux kernels there - it would be SAD
>
> Just to clarify: no one is proposing to drop 32-bit hardware support
> or normal x86 compatibility support from new kernels.
>
> That being said, you should seriously consider replacing that P4.
> Unless you live somewhere with *very* cheap power or you barely use
> it, replacing it will pay for itself quite quickly.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-12 19:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 82+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-11 1:23 Can we drop upstream Linux x32 support? Andy Lutomirski
2018-12-11 1:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-12-11 2:22 ` hpa
2018-12-11 8:16 ` Florian Weimer
2018-12-11 8:16 ` Florian Weimer
2018-12-11 21:53 ` Thorsten Glaser
2018-12-11 23:22 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-12-11 23:35 ` Thorsten Glaser
2018-12-11 23:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-12-12 2:24 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-12-12 2:33 ` Thorsten Glaser
2018-12-12 9:04 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-12-12 18:14 ` Joseph Myers
2018-12-12 18:14 ` Joseph Myers
2018-12-12 18:50 ` Ivan Ivanov
2018-12-12 19:12 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-12-12 19:18 ` Ivan Ivanov [this message]
2018-12-12 16:39 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-12-12 16:52 ` Rich Felker
2018-12-12 18:03 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-12-13 12:40 ` Catalin Marinas
2018-12-13 15:57 ` Rich Felker
2018-12-13 16:04 ` Florian Weimer
2018-12-13 16:28 ` Rich Felker
2018-12-14 11:42 ` Florian Weimer
2018-12-14 16:13 ` Rich Felker
2018-12-13 18:42 ` Joseph Myers
2018-12-13 18:42 ` Joseph Myers
2018-12-15 4:53 ` Thorsten Glaser
2018-12-11 23:38 ` Rich Felker
2018-12-11 23:40 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2018-12-13 14:38 ` Olof Johansson
2018-12-13 15:46 ` Lance Richardson
2018-12-13 16:11 ` Richard Purdie
2018-12-11 3:14 ` H.J. Lu
2018-12-11 5:35 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-12-11 9:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-12-11 11:32 ` Catalin Marinas
2018-12-11 11:37 ` Florian Weimer
2018-12-11 11:52 ` Catalin Marinas
2018-12-11 5:46 ` Christian Brauner
2018-12-11 10:29 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2018-12-11 10:37 ` Florian Weimer
2018-12-11 10:44 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2018-12-11 21:59 ` Thorsten Glaser
2018-12-11 23:33 ` Rich Felker
2018-12-13 5:03 ` Kevin Easton
2018-12-13 9:05 ` Richard Weinberger
2018-12-13 9:37 ` Sven Hartrumpf
2018-12-13 9:57 ` Adam Borowski
2018-12-13 18:50 ` Sven Hartrumpf
2018-12-13 12:12 ` Kevin Easton
2018-12-14 14:38 ` David Laight
2018-12-14 15:17 ` Richard Weinberger
2018-12-14 15:17 ` Richard Weinberger
2018-12-13 16:02 ` Rich Felker
2018-12-14 14:13 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2018-12-14 16:17 ` Rich Felker
2018-12-14 16:29 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2018-12-14 16:38 ` Florian Weimer
2018-12-14 16:55 ` Rich Felker
2018-12-14 18:58 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-12-14 19:59 ` Lance Richardson
2018-12-14 20:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-12-14 21:27 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-12-14 21:16 ` Thomas Schöbel-Theuer
2018-12-14 21:24 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-12-14 21:41 ` Thomas Schöbel-Theuer
2018-12-15 7:41 ` Thomas Schoebel-Theuer
2018-12-15 15:30 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-01-09 12:41 ` Florian Weimer
2019-01-09 16:02 ` Rich Felker
2019-01-22 13:34 ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2018-12-11 20:38 Shawn Rutledge
2018-12-12 0:00 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2018-12-12 9:12 Steven Newbury
2018-12-12 10:48 ` Thorsten Glaser
2018-12-12 13:27 ` Steven Newbury
2018-12-12 14:01 ` Rich Felker
2018-12-12 14:46 ` Steven Newbury
2018-12-12 16:05 ` Rich Felker
2018-12-13 16:17 tedheadster
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