Hi, On 09-06-2024 1:56 p.m., rhys wrote:
So given that these no longer fit the "old and busted" description, is Debian going to stick with the decision to not support them? Or is Debian going to continue to support this processor, since it is still apparently a viable product, enough that new systems are using it?
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/12/msg00003.html still stands. Debian basically isn't going to support any i386 CPU anymore in the sense that the Release Team gave the teams the wildcard to drop kernel, installer and images support for i386 (I don't have the details of the current status).
""" Following that, there are two routes into running i386: 1. as a multi-arch option on an otherwise amd64 system 2. as an i386 chroot on another architecture system """That's what we intend to do as Debian. If you want an Debian architecture to keep Debian running on i386 CPU's, you can create a port. But unless you find enough volunteers, I'm a bit skeptical you'll succeed. There are enough problems to cover, of which upstream kernel support and the 32 bit memory build problem are on the top of my mind.
Paul
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