how long to keep support for gcc on x86?

[Nathan Whitehorn]

On 01/13/13 15:08, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> ... ?
> 
> As an embedded platform, I'd expect that people will want to support
> any feature which dramatically boosts performance whilst reducing CPU.
> 
> Also, if Intel decide to keep trying to push low power x86 for mobile
> applications, rather than ARM, x86 may just make a resurgence in
> places you once thought were servers.
> 
> 32 bit x86 isn't legacy and won't be for a long time to come.
> 

My point was that, for now at least, the systems on which people run
i386 kernels are not ones that even have AES-NI, so not worrying about
it on i386 for the time being seems reasonable.
-Nathan