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Intel makes it sound like they will never drop their legacy support, and are just "testing the waters" with X86-S, but internally the discussion is over. https
by sounds 3y ago
Intel makes it sound like they will never drop their legacy support, and are just "testing the waters" with X86-S, but internally the discussion is over.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36013257 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36013257
- bullen 3y agoIf anyone could give me a good answer to why 64-bit is useful I wouldn't argue. But now I'm planning a 64-bit linux ARM distro that only runs 32-bit apps!
- sounds 3y agoI'm reading between the lines a bit to try to answer, so if I missed your question or your intent please just point it out and I will adjust my answer. 32-bit is extremely useful. For intel, 16-bit is also very useful. The problem is that there is a strong divide between the people who find 32-bit and 16-bit useful at Intel, and the people who feel a need to force everyone onto UEFI "Class 3+" [1] and that everything else must be squeezed out, shamed, and moved to an emulator. It sounds like Arm 32-bit support might be around for a while. I mainly wanted to clarify that Intel is dropping their 32-bit and 16-bit support. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFI#Classes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFI#Classes