Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]> writes: > ke 7.1.2026 klo 12.52 Justin B Rye ([email protected]) kirjoitti: >> >> Martin-Éric Racine wrote: >> > Release notes for i386 currently state: >> > >> > "The i386 architecture is now only intended to be used on a 64-bit (amd64) >> > CPU. >> > Its instruction set requirements include SSE2 support, so it will not run >> > successfully on most of the 32-bit CPU types that were supported by >> > Debian 12." >> > >> > "Users running i386 systems should not upgrade to trixie. Instead, Debian >> > recommends >> > either reinstalling them as amd64, where possible, or retiring the >> > hardware. >> > Cross-grading without a reinstall is a technically possible, but risky, >> > alternative." >> > >> > The second paragraph is especially problematic since 32-bit hardware >> > cannot run 64-bit binaries. >> >> It doesn't say they can; it's talking about systems currently running >> Debian's i386 arch, which may include 64bit-capable machines. The PC >> I'm writing this on, for instance, was running a 32bit OS when I first >> got it many years ago, but now runs 64bit trixie. Hence the advice >> that users should switch "where possible". > > It does imply that they can. "where possible" is too vague.
you think we should give more info on how to tell? > Additionally, i386 on amd64 hardware is a corner case. Whoever does > this already knows what they're doing. I think you overestimate users' knowledge. i ran i386 on amd64 for years because it had an intel processor and not an amd processor. > They don't need separate > instructions, let alone a whole section written under the assumption > that if someone is still running something on the i386 port, they do > so on amd64. > > What's instead needed is a section that emphasizes what users with > real i386 hardware need to know: Don't upgrade, since your hardware no > longer is supported, except maybe if it's Intel Core or newer, and, > even then, we don't ship any kernel, so you're have to track Bookworm > kernels. What we instead recommend is retiring your 32-bit hardware. > doesnt it already say this?
