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Proposal to remove 486 and early 586 support from Linux (lore.kernel.org)

submitted 5 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 days ago (3 children)

A lot and i mean a lot of industrial controllers are running on 486s. Intel was producing 486s up until 2007. And a lot of companies wont get rid of controllers if they continue to work.

[–] kadup@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

And who the fuck cares if their industrial controller is getting the latest update of Arch Linux? If you have such an important industrial controller that you haven't replaced it in decades, you're not running the latest kernel anyway.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You do if want to support modern hardware. Just because the brains are old doesnt mean the peripherals are.

[–] kadup@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Eh... What? Not really.