Mastodawn

Looks like the #i486 #CPU architecture is being put out to pasture soon within the #Linux kernel.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Phasing-Out-i486

Linux 7.1 Expected To Begin Removing i486 CPU Support

It's finally time: a patch queued into one of the development branches ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window is set to finally begin the process of phasing out and ultimately removing Intel 486 CPU support from the Linux kernel

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bill, technomancer

@claudiom

Oh, stuff is going to crash. Things we never even knew about. Some Linux Netware server running in the walled up closet of an abandoned Topeka mall is gonna crash and the stock market, AWS BGP routes, and this one shoe store in Weehauken will all just stop working.