Linux kernel is leaving 486 CPUs behind, only 18 years after the last one made

20 pointsposted 9 months ago
by jnord

4 Comments

accrual

9 months ago

Impressively long support. OpenBSD dropped support for i486 in 6.8, a bit under 5 years before Linux did (Oct 18, 2020). This happened when it was decided to ensure 64-bit atomics were always available.

worthless-trash

9 months ago

Is it common for os vendors to support 18 year old dead hardware when it has no financial incentive to do so?

user

9 months ago

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