On Mon, 2015-09-28 at 15:34 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > We propose to drop support for i386 processors older than 686-class in > > the current release cycle. This would include folding libc6-i686 into > > libc6, changing the default target for gcc, and changing the 586 kernel > > flavour to 686 (non-PAE). > > > > Since the 686-class, introduced with the Pentium Pro, is now almost 20 > > years old, we believe there are few Debian systems still running that > > have 586-class or hybrid processors. The only such processors > > apparently still available for sale are the DM&P Vortex86 family, Intel > > Quark and Xeon Phi, of which we currently only support the Vortex86. > > Debian i386 currently works just fine on Quark processors; [...] So far as I know, all current Quark processors have errata that make them unstable, not to mention totally insecure, when running ordinary i386 binaries. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings All extremists should be taken out and shot.
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