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Linux 3.8 will drop support for Intel 386 chips |
December 13, 2012
Launched back in 1985, the venerable i386 processor has served countless PC users around the globe long and well, but recently the developers of the Linux kernel decided to drop support for it.
“This tree removes ancient-386-CPUs support and thus zaps quite a bit of complexity,” wrote developer Ingo Molnar when submitting the change on Tuesday.
That complexity has meant extra work for kernel developers for years, Molnar pointed out.
'Good riddance'
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Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2020196/linux-3-8-will-drop-support-for-intel-386-chips.html
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