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Re: Debian i386 architecture now requires a 686-class processor



Gosh, that makes my eyes tear up a little.  
Bye bye Pentium.

D.


On Sat, 2016-05-07 at 13:23 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Last year it was decided to increase the minimum CPU features for the
> i386 architecture to 686-class in the stretch release cycle.  This
> means dropping support for 586-class and hybrid 586/686
> processors[1].(Support for 486-class processors was dropped, somewhat
> accidentally, in squeeze.)
> 
> This was implemented in the Linux kernel packages starting with Linux
> 4.3, which was uploaded to unstable in December last year.
> 
> In case you missed that change, gcc for i386 has recently been
> changed
> to target 686-class processors and is generating code that will crash
> on other processors.  Any such systems still running testing or
> unstable will need to be switched to run stable (jessie).
> 
> The older processors will continue to be supported in jessie until at
> least 2018, and until 2020 if i386 is included in jessie LTS.
> 
> [1] The following processors, supported in jessie, are now
> unspported:
> 
> * AMD K5, K6, K6-2 (aka K6 3D), K6-3
> * DM&P/SiS Vortex86, Vortex86SX
> * Cyrix III, MediaGX, MediaGXm
> * IDT Winchip C6, Winchip 2
> * Intel Pentium, Pentium with MMX
> * Rise mP6
> * VIA C3 'Samuel 2', C3 'Ezra'
> 
> Ben.
> 


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