Linux 7.1 Expected to Begin Removing I486 CPU Support

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• MarsIronPI 4 hours ago
  I'm sad because I have an OLPC XO-1, which is i586 and I suspect that it's next on the chopping block.
• msla 5 hours ago
  Well, that leaves the Pentium family, doesn't it?

  I wonder how far we are from the removal of all 32-bit x86 support from the mainline Linux kernel.

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  • sixthDot 4 hours ago
    I think Pentium will still be supported. i486 refers to very old 32 bits CPU (80486). The article is not clear but by default I tend to think that i586 and i686 will still be supported.
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    • msla 3 hours ago
      Support for the Pentium isn't going away now, certainly, and nobody's announced plans to drop it from the Linux kernel, but every architecture has a time horizon.
  • cozzyd 4 hours ago
    There are still 32 bit x86 PCs sold today for embedded applications, I'm pretty sure.
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    • john_alan 2 hours ago
      yep aren't most fridges and ovens etc using 386DXs?

      Maybe it's all ARM Cortex now? I thought the 386 was still in production.