Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757646Ab2HXMAW (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:00:22 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com ([209.85.212.178]:38978 "EHLO mail-wi0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754934Ab2HXMAR (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:00:17 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <201208231814.21168.tweek@tweek.dk> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:00:15 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Drop support for x86-32 From: Brian Gerst To: wbrana 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: 1006 Lines: 21 On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:53 AM, wbrana wrote: > 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. If you don't want to support it that's your opinion. Those of us who do don't care what you think. There is no profit motive in open source. -- Brian Gerst -- 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/