On 7/3/19 10:20 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> That said I do not believe that any existing i386 32-bit-only hardware >> that is still floating around even supports the virtual machine >> extensions necessary to run a true VM host. > > I haven't use qemu on my 32bit only i686 machines recently, but I see no > reason why it wouldn't work any more. You know, this got me thinking. What *is* the oldest 32-bit x86 CPU that we can use in Stretch for a VM host? And assuming we are talking out-of-the-box experience, ie I download a standard ISO and fire it up. And to be honest, I don't know. Debian seems to support as old as the Pentium Pro, but I'm not sure what compiler flags that we use, ie what CPU extensions are required. I remember a couple of years ago I had to dig up a very old version of Puppy Linux (with a very old Kernel version) to run an AMD K6-2 laptop because of missing CPU extensions. So I'm wondering if the kernel that ships with Debian is the same. Any ideas? Note: I don't care about the practicality of this. -Matt
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