On 01/25/2014 12:39 AM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: > On 01/25/2014 01:33 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >> 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. > +1 > >> 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. > +1 as well. So far I had to run linaro on all my ARM boards. ARM are another matter. But Alix boards for example use x86 AMD Geode LX CPU ("All that should be required is a kernel patched to emulate the nopl instruction in software. The Geode LX has everything required for i686 except that instruction."), etc. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant