On 01/25/2014 12:00 AM, Todd Rinaldo wrote: > > On Jan 24, 2014, at 4:29 PM, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: > >> On 01/24/2014 10:26 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: >>> On 01/25/2014 12:13 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Whats the plan for EPEL i686 / EL7 ? Does anyone know if there is even >>>> going to be a multilib attempt or is everything going to stay x86_64 clean ? >>> they build for x86_64 and ppc64 only, >> >> So then the question is - what is the process to enable i686 there ( or, >> do we then need to own all of EPEL - atleast some subset ) locally if we >> are going to attempt a i686 CentOS build ? >> >> - KB > > Could I ask what the use case is for i386 support? I know that the pointers are smaller but memory is cheap. Is this a speed or a hardware or a can it be done goal? > > Todd As I can see, so far, RHEL 7 has minimum hardware requirements very close to 6.x, at least for the Desktop/Workstation use. In developing countries there is still lots of 32-bit hardware that will not be thrown away just because 64-bit is better. If there is no 32-bit version, all of those using 32-bit systems now will either stay with 6.x or move to Something that provides 32-bit distro version like Ubuntu. I expect that hardware will be around for another 3-5 years, just until RHEL 8 is out. Also, Embedded systems mostly have 32-bit processors, as far as I know, not needing 64-bit ones, so it would be nice to use CentOS on them, not some other distro. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant