Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:12:41 +0300 (EEST) | From | "L. K." <> | Subject | Re: obsolete code must die |
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> > i386, i486 > The Pentium processor has been around since 1995. Support for these older > processors should go so we can focus on optimizations for the pentium and > better processors.
a lot of people use linux on old machine in networking environmens as routers/firewalls.
> > math-emu > If support for i386 and i486 is going away, then so should math emulation. > Every intel processor since the 486DX has an FPU unit built in. In fact > shouldn't FPU support be a userspace responsibility anyway? > > ISA bus, MCA bus, EISA bus > PCI is the defacto standard. Get rid of CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ISAPNP, > CONFIG_ISAPNP, etc
ISA network cards are still used. Even the new motherboard producers add an ISA slot on their MB.
> > ISA, MCA, EISA device drivers > If support for the buses is gone, there's no point in supporting devices for > these buses.
Sometimes a ISA card performs better than a PCI one.
/me
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