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SubjectRe: [RFC] : remove unreliable, unused and unmainained arch from kernel.
On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> On Apr 1, 2005 10:16 AM, Richard B. Johnson <linux-os@analogic.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Renate Meijer wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 1, 2005, at 3:09 PM, linux-os wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> [PATCH snipped]
>>>>
>>>> Cruel joke. Now 80 percent of the Intel clones won't boot.
>>>> Those are the ones that run industry, you know, the stuff that
>>>> is necessary to earn money.
>>>>
>>>> Without i386 support, you don't have any embedded systems. You
>>>> need to use the garbage Motorola CPUs and the proprietary
>>>> operating systems in embedded stuff.
>>>
>>> Have you checked your calender yet?
>>>
>> I'm quite aware of the date and time, thank you. The 'i386 architecture
>> is the Intel-like stuff that doesn't have all the newer gee-whiz
>> things that are of little value in the embedded area.
> ...
>> So, basically, you guys think you can single-handedly
>> remove Linux from the embedded market and re-do it just
>> for servers? Or are you going to leave some capability
>> for desk-tops, too?
>
> Please check the calendar again. Don't worry about the year part,
> concentrate on the month and day... ;)
>
> --
> Dmitry
>
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