lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2016]   [Jul]   [26]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
From
Date
SubjectRe: [PATCH] README: Mention when 386 support ended + update obsolete 386 paths
On 26 July 2016 at 14:12, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jul 2016 09:45:43 +0200 Øyvind A. Holm <sunny@sunbase.org>
> wrote:
> > - Compiling the kernel with "Processor type" set higher than 386
> > will result in a kernel that does NOT work on a 386. The
> > - kernel will detect this on bootup, and give up.
> > + kernel will detect this on bootup, and give up. The last kernel
> > + with support for 386 was version 3.7.
>
> So we want the documentation to reflect current kernels, not those
> from years gone by. I can't think of a reason why this paragraph
> should continue to exist at all. Can you make a new version that
> removes it altogether?

That was also my first thought, yes. But then I thought, maybe there's
some value to that information in case someone wants to try a new kernel
on some ancient hardware. But it's probably an unlikely scenario. I'll
send a new patch now.

Øyvind

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2016-07-26 15:41    [W:0.044 / U:0.060 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site