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On 2006.10.21 09:02, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> we're going to have to cut off support for i386 targets starting with |
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> glibc-2.6 ... the upstream plans are to require TLS and i386 does not |
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> have |
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> the atomic instructions required to support it |
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> some other implications ... the glibc-compat20 people will also be |
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> stuck with |
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> glibc-2.5 (as that implies no TLS support in linuxthreads) |
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> -mike |
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Mike, |
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"cut off" as in nothing for i386 or leave i386 at glibc-2.5? |
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Not that its matters much, there can't be many 80386 boxes running |
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Gentoo now. |
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What is the lowest IA32 arch that will be supported ? |
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I'm looking for clarification because very often i386 is used to mean |
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anything < i686. I have a personal interest too. My server is a k6-2. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(NeddySeagoon) |
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