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We are removing 32 bit support from the Linux kernel because nobody uses that hardware anymore. Yet, this 16 bit version has commits from today.
by LeFantome 2y ago
We are removing 32 bit support from the Linux kernel because nobody uses that hardware anymore. Yet, this 16 bit version has commits from today.
- happycube 2y agoIt's a hobby, not big and professional like GNU^H^H^HLinux. Seriously, I haven't worked on this in a long time (I'm Chad) and I'm very impressed by the changelog! Wouldn't have ever thought it'd run DOOM. ;) (and the use of OS/2 for medium model is clever too)
- userbinator 2y agoTons of embedded stuff use 32-bit Linux.
- grishka 2y agoBut that stuff is usually not x86.
- PhilipRoman 2y agoEmbedded projects where intel was involved often use something like Atom.
- rurban 2y agoYes, but this is being replaced by meaty Intel UpSquared boards
- philistine 2y agoThere is a temporal element to your statement. 32-bit support is being removed from the kernel of today. No one uses that hardware for a modern OS anymore. But a small band of hobbyists use old OSes with old machines.
- pantalaimon 2y agoNobody is removing 32 bit support from the kernel.
- anthk 2y agoHyperbola GNU/Linux, Parabola and Guix still have 32 bit support. And I still use a 32 bit computer. And for sure the 2nd and 3rd world use 32 bit devices.
- nolist_policy 2y agoI bet more than 50% of computer e waste is 64 bit machines nowadays.