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cm0002@lemy.lol to Linux@programming.dev · 3 days ago

Linux 7.1 Expected To Begin Removing i486 CPU Support

www.phoronix.com

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Linux 7.1 Expected To Begin Removing i486 CPU Support

www.phoronix.com

cm0002@lemy.lol to Linux@programming.dev · 3 days ago
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    Oh, I thought 486 was a 16 bit processor. My bad.

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      That would’ve been the 286. Practically ancient history

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        And no MMU, so basically impossible to implement real multi tasking.

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