Re:The Unsustainability of Moore's Law
by cout on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @09:07AM
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That's surprising. What is the 486 missing that Linux needs? Or is it that there are no volunteers to test and maintain Linux on a 486 (as often happens with older architectures)?
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It needs a bunch of compatibility code and the maintainers felt it wasn't worth the effort of taking care of that anymore:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250425084216.3913608-1-mingo@...
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wicfBCyMj_x5BiL32o55jqXfn...
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wjCiEk-kc-vOug2GKJdhHKce3...