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From: "L. K." <lk@Aniela.EU.ORG>
To: Daniel <ddickman@nyc.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: obsolete code must die
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> 
> i386, i486
> The Pentium processor has been around since 1995. Support for these older
> processors should go so we can focus on optimizations for the pentium and
> better processors.

a lot of people use linux on old machine in networking environmens as
routers/firewalls.


> 
> math-emu
> If support for i386 and i486 is going away, then so should math emulation.
> Every intel processor since the 486DX has an FPU unit built in. In fact
> shouldn't FPU support be a userspace responsibility anyway?
> 
> ISA bus, MCA bus, EISA bus
> PCI is the defacto standard. Get rid of CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ISAPNP,
> CONFIG_ISAPNP, etc

ISA network cards are still used. Even the new motherboard producers add
an ISA slot on their MB.


> 
> ISA, MCA, EISA device drivers
> If support for the buses is gone, there's no point in supporting devices for
> these buses.

Sometimes a ISA card performs better than a PCI one.




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