Changing the default 32-bit x86 arch for Fedora 12

Jon Ciesla limb at jcomserv.net
Mon Jun 15 18:57:00 UTC 2009


Seth Vidal wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Chris Weyl wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Bill Nottingham 
>> <notting at redhat.com> wrote:
>>       A seconday arch could be done for these older CPUs, if someone 
>> is interested
>>       enough.
>>
>>
>> Another option would be to retain the current i586 support, and add 
>> the i686+SSE2 as a new primary arch, with an eye
>> towards depreciating the current x32 support down the road.  There 
>> would seem to be less initial pain involved here, and
>> everyone would get what they want :)
>>
>>                                            -Chris
>
> Except for those of us who want to get rid of the support for old 
> hardware. :)
>
> -sv
Hey, I never suggested that I'm opposed to upgrading all my hardware.  
Who's buying? ;)

-J

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