Linux 7.1 Expected to Begin Removing I486 CPU Support
13 hours ago
- #Linux Kernel
- #CPU Support
- #Software Maintenance
- Linux 7.1 will start phasing out i486 CPU support by removing Kconfig options.
- Linus Torvalds supports removing i486 support to reduce maintenance burden.
- Ingo Molnar authored a patch to drop CONFIG_M486SX, CONFIG_M486, and CONFIG_MELAN.
- This will prevent building i486 kernel images in Linux 7.1.
- The i486 support code will be removed in a future kernel series.
- No major Linux distributions currently support i486 CPUs.
- The patch is in the 'x86/platform' branch and expected for the Linux 7.1 merge window.