[CentOS-devel] 32 bit Centos 7

[Bradford Lilly]

There's also a very large commercial 32bit user base that is being
abandoned by the upstream. I know the "Centos marks" can't be used in
commercial markets, but this is a topic that could use some thought.

I'm talking on the order of hundreds of thousands of platforms that require
newer os features, but logistics fail to allow the hardware to be updated.
I'm not talking theoretical here, I'm talking of a legitimate case where
the upstream is abandoning its existing customer base and trying to force
hardware upgrade schedules. Is it past time everything was 64bit? Sure.
Does that mean I can just wave a magic wand and make it happen on their
schedule? Absolutely not.
 On Jul 24, 2014 9:42 AM, "Fred Smith" <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 02:13:09PM +0100, Robin Bowes wrote:
> >    What hardware do you have that doesn't support 64-bit?
> >    R.
>
> Dunno about the OP, but I have an Asus eeepc 901. 32-bit Atom.
> right now it's running Fedora 20.
>
> Fred
> >
> >    On 24 July 2014 13:56, Bruce Ferry <[1]bruce at ak8b.us> wrote:
> >
> >      I disagree. I suspect many who would like to run it on 32bit aren't
> >      on this list
> >      and, like me, are running CentOS on older hardware that cannot
> >      support the 64
> >      bit version.
> >      I would really like to be able to just upgrade in place my 6.5
> >      server to 7.x
> >      some day but if I can't then it will just stay a 6.x server until I
> >      can scrape
> >      up some 64 bit hardware.
> >      On Tue, 22 Jul 2014, Charlie Brady wrote:
> >      Â > On Wed, 16 Jul 2014, Bradford Lilly wrote:
> >      Â >
> >       > > I'm trying to get  involved with the 32bit Centos 7 build. I
> >      saw some talk
> >      Â > > of it back in January, but haven't been able to find anything
> >      since.
> >      Â >
> >      Â > Maybe that's because there's not many people who think it is
> >      worth the
> >      Â > effort.
> >      Â >
> >      Â > > Does anyone have any thoughts as to where I can start / how I
> >      can help?
> >      Â > >
> >      Â > > Thanks,
> >      Â > >
> >      Â > > -Brad
> >      Â > >
> >      --
> >      Bruce Ferry, AK8B
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> >
> > References
> >
> >    1. mailto:bruce at ak8b.us
> >    2. mailto:CentOS-devel at centos.org
> >    3. http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel
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