Linux kernel is leaving 486 CPUs behind, only 18 years after the last one made

by jnordon 5/9/2025, 11:20:46 PM with 4 comments
  • by accrualon 5/10/2025, 4:12:52 AM

    Impressively long support. OpenBSD dropped support for i486 in 6.8, a bit under 5 years before Linux did (Oct 18, 2020). This happened when it was decided to ensure 64-bit atomics were always available.

  • by WalterGRon 5/10/2025, 6:57:31 AM

    21 comments a couple days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43928570

  • by worthless-trashon 5/10/2025, 12:12:59 AM

    Is it common for os vendors to support 18 year old dead hardware when it has no financial incentive to do so?