Shedding old architectures and compilers in the kernel
Shedding old architectures and compilers in the kernel
[Kernel] Posted Feb 26, 2018 21:05 UTC (Mon) by corbet
The kernel development process tends to be focused on addition: each new release supports more drivers, more features, and often new processor architectures. As a result, almost every kernel release has been larger than its predecessor. But occasionally even the kernel needs to slim down a bit. Upcoming kernel releases are likely to see the removal of support for a number of unloved architectures and, in an unrelated move, the removal of support for some older compilers.