From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753730Ab2HZP0A (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Aug 2012 11:26:00 -0400 Received: from hosting2all.com ([174.133.115.194]:59599 "EHLO server.hosting2all.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751116Ab2HZPZ6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Aug 2012 11:25:58 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 3582 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 26 Aug 2012 11:25:58 EDT To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Drop support for x86-32 From: Free Email Service X-Mailer: PHP/5.3.9 Message-Id: Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:26:13 -0500 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server.hosting2all.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [99 99] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - server.hosting2all.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org A 32-bit kernel on a legacy (or even new) system in 2017 will still need > regular kernel updates (not \"long term\" un0maintained kernels) > in order to work with new USB devices, new 4KB+ sector hard drives, > newer generations of SSDs, etc.. 12-years-old machine is trash. If someone can buy e.g. new hard drive, he can also afford to buy newer PC. New hard drive in 2017 will be likely incompatible with 12-years-old machine in such way which can\'t be fixed by new kernel.