On 8/24/12, Martin Nybo Andersen <tw...@tweek.dk> wrote: > That's right, but new hardware, that I wish to use with the old machines > might > not because of no backporting of new drivers. Same goes for new software > utilising newer kernel features. Which new hardware and which old machine do you want to use?
> Those mentioned by Chris Friesen, whose arguments you apparently ignored. I can't find any e-mail where Chris Friesen mentioned exact legacy apps. > You are allowed to compile most of the software running on Linux yourself. > If > you want a binary to use the x32 ABI, go compile. I can't compile x32 versions of Firefox, Chromium, NVIDIA drivers, etc. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/