Re: [RFC PATCH 0/15] x86: Remove support for TSC-less and CX8-less CPUs
From: Pavel Machek
Date: Sat Apr 26 2025 - 04:27:03 EST
Hi!
> In the x86 architecture we have various complicated hardware emulation
> facilities on x86-32 to support ancient 32-bit CPUs that very very few
> people are using with modern kernels. This compatibility glue is sometimes
> even causing problems that people spend time to resolve, which time could
> be spent on other things.
We have open-source 486 cores, such as
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/ao486_MiSTer . I'm not aware of
open-source 586 cores... so this is a bit sad.
Best regards,
Pavel
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