On 18/12/14 20:16, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 04:51:19PM -0800, Keith Lofstrom wrote: >> Again - the reason for 32 bit is not that I cherish old CPUs ... >> And that is why I ask here; if anybody runs old machines for >> compatibility reasons, it would be experimental scientists ... >> > On target you are. > > Us experimental scientists have embedded computers (VME form factor) > with 32-bit CPUs and 0.5GB/1GB RAM. We run 32-bit SL4, SL5 and SL6 > on them today and I expect we will still be using these machines > when SL6 becomes obsolete in 1-2-3 years. By then, I fully expect a 32-bit > port of SL7/CentOS7 to become available, somehow. Some talk of it here, with people having a first pass at it:-
http://www.karan.org/blog/2013/12/15/where-is-the-i686-in-rhel-7/ > > But for today, I have not even digested the 64-bit SL7 yet, 32-bit SL7 > is not even on the wish list yet. > > Now, the ARM SL7 is a different matter. *that* I want yesterday. >
