Recently, Linus Torvalds responded to the idea of ​​removing Intel i486 processor support from the kernel on the mailing list. After the Linux kernel dropped i386 support a decade ago, i486 has been the minimum version of the kernel mainline that supports the x86 architecture. Linus said: “We dropped i386 support back in 2012, maybe 2022 is the time to drop i486 support?” Linus believes everyone should “bit the bullet” and let the x86 architecture…

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