Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759141Ab2HXJxm (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:53:42 -0400 Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f46.google.com ([209.85.215.46]:43733 "EHLO mail-lpp01m010-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754611Ab2HXJxj (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:53:39 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <201208231814.21168.tweek@tweek.dk> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:53:37 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Drop support for x86-32 From: wbrana To: Brian Gerst Cc: Martin Nybo Andersen , linux-kernel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 770 Lines: 13 On 8/23/12, Brian Gerst wrote: > Windows mostly sells with new hardware, and by the time win9 is > released all new hardware designed for it will be 64-bit capable. > Therefore it is not *profitable* for Microsoft to continue to develop > a 32-bit version. That doesn't apply to Linux. Linux is installed on > a broad range of hardware, new and old. In general, we don't drop > support for hardware unless there is nobody willing to maintain it. It won't also be profitable for Linux to support trash. -- 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/