No NX-bit on i386. Long live x64.
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 6:01 AM, Justin Sherrill <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 7:15 AM, John Marino <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 1) Agreement on the EOL date (or Release if it's pegged to a release) > > I'd rather peg to a release; I'd assume we'd want to truncate i386 at > the time of a release, instead of somewhere between two releases. > Since release dates can be a little floaty, that's easier to manage. > > > 2) A declaration of which road map will be used (method #1 or #2) > > I don't know what the usage ratio of i386-only machines is at this > point; I'd feel more confident if I knew the impact, but there's no > way to find that out. > > #2 (Or Sam's #3) appeals to me just because I've wanted something that > could be called a long-term support release for a while. A > disadvantage of x86_64 is no linuxlator support, but keeping i386 > around isn't going to solve that problem. > -- This message is strictly personal and the opinions expressed do not represent those of my employers, either past or present.
