(cc'ing Andi) > On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 10:15:58AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > From: Borislav Petkov <b...@suse.de> > > > > Today, April 1st 2015, marks almost 15 years since the introduction of > > the 64-bit extensions to the x86 architecture. And frankly, 15 years was > > a graceful period enough for people to move to 64-bit. Therefore, today, > > I'm removing 32-bit support from x86 Linux. And it was about friggin' > > time...
No, I vaguely remember booting the first 64 bit cpu (on real hw) for the 2002-2003 time frame. I need to check my memories on a more exact date, but you guys from Suse should know better. So 15 years are not yet over and I really would like to wait at least until then. Another question is if 64-bit simulators take into account here. Though, I assume a discussion on this topic will at least take 1-2 years, so it's good to start with it now. Also, I really would like to finally switch off and retire my K7 which still runs some regression tests (will need to check the actual used kernel version). It was a good time, but now I realize it's somehow over. Considering this and apart from my concerns above: Acked-by: Robert Richter <r...@kernel.org> -Robert -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/