Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Feb 2018 10:53:21 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | What was last kernel that booted on hardware XY? database was Re: [BUG] x86 : i486 reporting to be vulnerable to Meltdown/Spectre_V1/Spectre_V2A |
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Hi!
> > > You might think this absolutely crazy, but I would be willing to test > > > such systems if I can get my hands on the needed hardware that I lack. > > > I am already doing sanity testing on Intel > > > i486/i586/i586-MMX/i686-PentiumPro systems, I just don't have the > > > clone cpus (Cyrix, etc). > > > > > > While few people are using the 32bit kernel, I don't think we want to > > > kill it completely just yet. > > > > I have a working Cyrix MII (was actively using it last year, now upgraded to a > > P3-based Celeron). Some AMD CPUs too - K6(maybe -2 or -3?), not sure about K5 > > and also a Rise mP6. But never got a WinChip. > > I'm using Core Duo daily (backup machine, web browsing), and use > Pentium M as an ssh client say once in month.
BTW... I'd really like to have a database of machine, kernel version, cpuinfo, config... So that questions like "what is the latest kernel that is known to be running on this hardware" and "what config should I start from".
For example, I have nokia N810 here. It was supported by Linux at some point, but then we moved to dts, and stuff changed, and I can no longer figure how to boot it.
I guess "what was last kernel that worked on Cyrix MII" is also relevant question.
Is there such database? If not, would people be interested in contributing if I create one?
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