Re: Is 386 processor still supported?

[Alan Cox]

> userland support with little burden for both Linux and respective user 
> software maintainers.  Certainly it adds some bloat to the kernel, but I 
> think it is not an option that should be outright dismissed without 
> consideration.

Nobody normally builds for 386 (and you need the big FPU emulator etc too
and pay a big penalty for the lack of working WP bits) so it wouldn't be
a big penalty if you can actually find an i386 user any more ;)

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