On 01.04.15 10:56:00, Robert Richter wrote: > (cc'ing Andi) > > > On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 10:15:58AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > > From: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> > > > > > > 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
Looks like Feb 7 2002, assuming this is genuine: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1049122/amd-microsoft-hammer-memo-leaked Not sure about Linux first booting 64 bit. -Robert > 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 <[email protected]> > > -Robert -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
