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Linux drops 386 and some 486 supports (Announce)

posted by marcov, 18.01.2013, 16:44

> I browsed through
> the
> original patch and I didn't see any mention of FPU emulation code.
> It's mostly related to some CPU instructions 386 and some 486 clones (and
> Nexgen 5x86) might not have: cmpxchg, invlpg and xadd.

Note that it is often hard to find a distribution that will install on such a machine. Afaik most distribution's base kernels are slowly becoming ppro+

In the past (before the newer series of lowpower machines) we had a bunch of older VIA cpus for firewall and branch office servers, and getting something modern on those was regularly trouble.

Quite often, after a while the damage was repaired and/or additional media fabricated, but it was getting annoying, so we gave up on those machines.

Complete thread:

• Linux drops 386 and some 486 supports - RayeR, 18.01.2013, 13:42 (Announce)
  • Linux drops 386 and some 486 supports - bocke, 18.01.2013, 16:10
    • Linux drops 386 and some 486 supports - marcov, 18.01.2013, 16:44
      • Linux drops 386 and some 486 supports - bocke, 18.01.2013, 17:05
        • Linux drops 386 and some 486 supports - bocke, 18.01.2013, 17:10
          • Linux drops 386 and some 486 supports - Rugxulo, 18.01.2013, 18:04
      • Linux drops 386 and some 486 supports - bocke, 19.01.2013, 22:08
        • Linux drops 386 and some 486 supports - RayeR, 19.01.2013, 23:22
          • Linux drops 386 and some 486 supports - bocke, 20.01.2013, 19:06
  • Linux drops 386 and some 486 supports - Rugxulo, 09.01.2018, 01:57
    • Linux drops 386 and some 486 supports - bocke, 10.01.2018, 08:58
      • Linux drops 386 and some 486 supports - bocke, 10.01.2018, 09:04