* Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de> wrote:
> CMOV is missing not just on old Socket 5/7 CPUs (Pentium MMX, AMD K6,
> Cyrix MII) but also newer embedded Via C3, Geode GX and
> Vortex86DX/MX/EX/DX2. The replacement Nehemiah (2003), GeodeLX (2005)
> and Vortex86DX3/EX2 (2015!) have CMOV, but the old ones were sold
> alongside them for years, and some of the 586-class Vortex86 products
> are still commercially available.
Very few (if any) of the commercially available products will run
modern 6.16+ kernels, right?
Note that the real danger the 32-bit x86 kernel is going to be facing
in 2-5 years is total removal due to lack of development interest, but
I think we can support 686+ reasonably far into the future, and can
keep it tested reasonably - while covering like 99%+ of the currently
available 32-bit-only x86 products on the market. The fewer variants,
the better.
Thanks,
Ingo
