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Just a few days ago patches were posted proposing to drop Linux kernel support for x86 cpus lacking a FPU: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250425084216.3913608-1
by jabl 1y ago
Just a few days ago patches were posted proposing to drop Linux kernel support for x86 cpus lacking a FPU: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250425084216.3913608-1-mingo@kernel.org/ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250425084216.3913608-1-mingo@...
- remlov 1y agoGood thing this has nothing to do with NetBSD.
- ahartmetz 1y agoFrom an outside POV, Linux supports quite unreasonably old hardware, so it's always weird and surprising when someone decides that "now it's TOO unreasonable to keep supporting it".
- karlgkk 1y agoIt often shows up when someone needs to touch an area of code, where archaic compatibility makes everyone’s life harder.