On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 10:10 +0000, David Goodenough wrote:
> On Saturday 19 Nov 2011, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > The i386 architecture was the first in Linux and in Debian, but we have
> > long since dropped support for the original i386-compatible processors
> > and now require a minimum of a 486-class processor.
> >
> > I think it is time to increase the minimum requirement to 586-class, if
> > not for wheezy then immediately after. (Later it should be increased
> > further, and eventually i386 should be reduced to a partial architecture
> > that may be installed on amd64 systems.) This would allow the use of
> > optimisations and new instructions throughout userland that improve
> > performance for the vast majority of users.
> >
> > The 486-class processors that would no longer be supported are:
> > 1. All x86 processors with names including '486'
> > 2. AMD Am5x86
> > 3. Cyrix/IBM/ST 5x86, 6x86 and MediaGX
> > 4. UMC U5D and U5S
> > 5. AMD/NSC Geode GX1, Geode SC1100, Elan SC4xx and SC5xx
> I am still running a bunch of systems with SC1100 processors on them.
> They are (and always have been) running off the shelf Debian kernels
> and I would much rather keep it that way.
[...]
Then keep them running. 'squeeze' should continue to receive security
updates until late 2013.
Ben.
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