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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:42:56 -0400
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Subject: Re: Drop support for x86-32
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Mark Lord <kernel@teksavvy.com>
Cc: wbrana <wbrana@gmail.com>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Mark Lord <kernel@teksavvy.com> wrote:
> On 12-08-26 10:15 AM, wbrana wrote:
>> On 8/26/12, Mark Lord <kernel@teksavvy.com> wrote:
>>> Here are a couple of real scenarios you don't seem to have thought about.
>>> A 32-bit kernel on a legacy (or even new) system in 2017 will still need
>>> regular kernel updates (not "long term" un0maintained kernels)
>>> in order to work with new USB devices, new 4KB+ sector hard drives,
>>> newer generations of SSDs, etc..
>> 12-years-old machine is trash.
>
> There you go making assumptions again.
> Who said anything about a 12-year old machine?
>
> Much more likely is a 5-year old software installation
> that gets moved to a new box.

Or a brand new software installation into a 32-bit virtual machine.

     Jeff
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