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Linux 7.2 finally cuts off ancient x86 fallback code (unknownuniverse.uk)
submitted 3 days ago by cm0002@literature.cafe to c/linux@programming.dev
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Linux 7.2 has landed, dragging x86 timing clean out of the nineties by making the Time Stamp Counter mandatory.

I wrote up a quick article on why ditching those ancient legacy fallbacks is good housekeeping, plus a few other bits like cache-aware scheduling and memory tweaks worth noting.

Is anyone still using legacy hardware? If so, what do you use it for?

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[–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I don't know why you're getting downvoted?

NetBSD

OpenBSD

[–] mabeledo@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

OpenBSD hasn’t been able to run on 386 and 486 for some years now.

[–] tux0r@snac.rosaelefanten.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Linuxers gonna linux.

[–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I actually learned how to actually use a shell interface when I setup FreeBSD the first time. But other than tinkering with BSD's on occasion, I really don't have much experience with them.

To dismiss them outright is baffling to me.