OSNews on Nostr: PowerPC 40x processor support to be dropped from the Linux kernel In addition to ...
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"content": "PowerPC 40x processor support to be dropped from the Linux kernel\n\nIn addition to Linux 6.10 expected to drop support for very old DEC Alpha processors (EV5 and earlier), it looks like the PowerPC 40x (early PowerPC 400 series) processor and platform support will be retired too.\n\nBack in 2020 was a proposal for dropping PowerPC 40x support from the Linux kernel given that\n\nhttps://www.osnews.com/story/139588/powerpc-40x-processor-support-to-be-dropped-from-the-linux-kernel/\n\n#Linux",
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