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Re: linux-image for i586



In <[🔎] 4cd2eddc.52790e0a.3014.0fd4@mx.google.com>, Sthu Deus wrote:
>Thank You for Your time and answer, Brad:
>>Probably because, like the AMD (32 bit) builds, there was insufficient
>>benefit to warrant all the extra work (to say nothing of storage space)
>>to do it.
>
>Then. may You know why they have chosen i486 instead of i386?

glibc dropped support for i386 a few years back.  There's some machine 
instructions that they are unable to implement certain locking primitives 
without, and they are no longer willing to do without that high-speed locking.
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