Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1767140AbXEBSZX (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 14:25:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1767143AbXEBSZX (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 14:25:23 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:35776 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1767140AbXEBSZV (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 14:25:21 -0400 Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 20:25:05 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Vlad cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: arch/i386/boot rewrite, and all the hard-coded video cards In-Reply-To: <741290.4122.qm@web54405.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <741290.4122.qm@web54405.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 970 Lines: 26 On May 1 2007 15:41, Vlad wrote: >H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> I'm rewriting the i386 setup code in C, instead of assembly, >> and before I spend a very large amount of time translating >> all the various card-specific probes, I want to ask the >> following question... >> >> Does *anyone* care about these anymore? > >Yes, booting Linux on old i386/i486 hardware is still very useful for >forensic purposes and recovering important data. Not only that, but there's tons of fun involved. I mean, when was the last time you ran a *recent* kernel from the 2006/2007 era on an original i386 from 1990 with 3 bogomips? :) (Though I guess these boxes don't have any 'modern' video besides 640x480x16 or 320x200x256 anyway.) Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/