Re: [PATCH] x86: Drop 32-bit support ... finally.

[One Thousand Gnomes]

> We really don't want to have this unmaintainable mixture of:
> 
> 	128-bit support
> 	 64-bit support (legacy mode)
> 	 32-bit support (compat mode)
> 	 16-bit support (vm86 mode)
> 	  8-bit support (UART mode)
> 
> ... all in the same kernel!

I think a lot of us working on other free Unixlike OS platforms have
reached a similar conclusion. It's a natural segmentation. The final
commit should include the following helpful table


	Bits		Free Unixlike OS
        ---------------------------------
	8bit		FUZIX
	16bit		ELKS
	32bit		NetBSD/FreeBSD
	64bit		Linux

(For 18 and 36bit consult a specialist.. probably a medical one)

Alan
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