Re: No i686 kernel: Can we require SSE2 for i686?

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On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 7:24 AM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 07/12/2017 11:57 AM, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
>>
>> On Wednesday, 12 July 2017 at 02:06, Kevin Kofler wrote:
>>>
>>> Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Considering that SSE2 was introduced by Intel in 2001 and AMD caught up
>>>> with it in 2003, I'd be +1 (with my FESCo hat on) to requiring SSE2,
>>>> regardless of whether the above change is accepted.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you require SSE2, you limit the usefulness of the i686 kernel to
>>> basically just a single generation of CPUs, the next generation
>>> introduced
>>> x86_64.
>>
>>
>> Right. It probably makes sense to abandon i686 kernels altogether,
>> then.
>
>
> If you intend to kill Fedora, and furtherly emphasize the impression of
> Fedora not being community driven distro :(

Community driven doesn't mean "I complain and someone else does the
work so I get what I want."  If you would like to see i686 kernels
continue to be supported, please step up and volunteer to lead that
effort.  We asked for community help several releases ago and got
none.

josh
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